Hebrews 12:19
Modern Translations
New International Version
to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,

New Living Translation
For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.

English Standard Version
and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.

Berean Study Bible
to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

New American Standard Bible
and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words, which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.

NASB 1995
and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.

NASB 1977
and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word should be spoken to them.

Amplified Bible
and to the blast of a trumpet and a sound of words [such that] those who heard it begged that nothing more be said to them.

Christian Standard Bible
to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of words. Those who heard it begged that not another word be spoken to them,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of words. (Those who heard it begged that not another word be spoken to them,

Contemporary English Version
or trumpet sound. The people of Israel heard a voice speak. But they begged it to stop,

Good News Translation
the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of a voice. When the people heard the voice, they begged not to hear another word,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
to a trumpet's blast, and to a voice. When your ancestors heard that voice, they begged not to hear it say another word.

International Standard Version
to a trumpet's blast, or to a voice that made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them.

NET Bible
and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

New King James Version
and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.

King James 2000 Bible
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

New Heart English Bible
the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

World English Bible
the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

American King James Version
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

American Standard Version
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

A Faithful Version
And to the sound of the trumpet, and to the voice of the words, which those who heard, begged that the word not be spoken directly to them.

Darby Bible Translation
and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined [the] word being addressed to them any more:

English Revised Version
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them:

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard, entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Neither vnto the sounde of a trumpet, and the voyce of wordes, which they that heard it, excused themselues, that the word should not be spoken to them any more,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And sounde of a trompe, & the voyce of wordes: which voyce they that heard it, wisshed away, that the worde should not be spoken to them:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
nether to the sounde of the trompe, and ye voyce of wordes: which they that herde, wysshed awaye, that the worde shulde not be spoken to them,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
nether vnto the sounde of a trope and the voyce of wordes: which voyce they that hearde it wisshed awaye that the comunicacion shuld not be spoken to them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard begged that a word might not be added to them,

Berean Literal Bible
and to the sound of a trumpet, and to a voice of words which those having heard excused themselves, asking the word not to be addressed to them,

Young's Literal Translation
and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard did entreat that a word might not be added to them,

Smith's Literal Translation
And to the sound of the trumpet, and the voice of words; which they, having heard, implored that the word be not put before them:

Literal Emphasis Translation
And to the sound of a trumpet, and to a voice of words; which those having heard, excused themselves, asking the word not to be addressed to them;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they that heard excused themselves, that the word might not be spoken to them:

Catholic Public Domain Version
or the sound of a trumpet, or a voice of words. Those who had experienced these things excused themselves, lest the Word be spoken to them.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Neither the sound of the trumpet and the voice of words, which those who heard it refused, so that no more would be spoken with them.

Lamsa Bible
Nor to the sound of the trumpet and the voice of the word; which voice they heard but refused so that the word will not be spoken to them any more.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
and to the sound of a trumpet, and to the utterance of words, the hearing of which utterance caused the people to entreat that the word might not be spoken to them again;

Godbey New Testament
and to the sound of the trumpet, and the voice of words; which those having heard requested that the word should not be spoken unto them:

Haweis New Testament
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard, earnestly begged that the discourse might not be directed to them:

Mace New Testament
nor to the sound of trumpets, and the voice which pronounc'd such words, that they who heard, intreated they might hear it no more.

Weymouth New Testament
a sound of such a kind that those who heard it entreated that no more should be added.

Worrell New Testament
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice those who heard entreated that no word more should be added to them;

Worsley New Testament
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they that heard, intreated that the word might not any more be thus delivered to them:
















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