“Yahweh spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice.”
— WEB
Deuteronomy 4:12
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“And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.”
— KJV
“And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.”
— ASV
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Commentary
ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude--Although articulate sounds were heard emanating from the mount, no form or representation of the Divine Being who spoke was seen to indicate His nature or properties according to the notions of the heathen.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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