Deuteronomy 4:24

Amplified Bible

"For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; He is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His].

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
For the LORD your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

King James Version
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Lexham English Bible
for Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

English Standard Version
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

New Century Version
The Lord your God is a jealous God, like a fire that burns things up.

New English Translation
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

New American Standard Bible
"For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the Lorde thy God is a consuming fire, and a ielous God.

Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord will be angry if you worship other gods, and he can be like a fire destroying everything in its path.

Complete Jewish Bible
For Adonai your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Darby Translation
For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Easy-to-Read Version
because the Lord your God hates for his people to worship other gods. And he can be like a fire that destroys!

George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a zealous God.

Good News Translation
because the Lord your God is like a flaming fire; he tolerates no rivals.

Christian Standard Bible®
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Literal Translation
For Jehovah your God is a consuming fire; He is a jealous God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the LORDE thy God is a consumynge fyre and a gelous God.

American Standard Version
For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

Bible in Basic English
For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the Lorde thy God, is a consumyng fire, and a ielous God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

King James Version (1611)
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, euen a iealous God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

English Revised Version
For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thi Lord God is fier wastynge; `God, a feruent louyere.

Young's Literal Translation
for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming -- a zealous God.

Update Bible Version
For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD thy God [is] a consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.

World English Bible
For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

New King James Version
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

New Living Translation
The Lord your God is a devouring fire; he is a jealous God.

New Life Bible
For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, a jealous God.

New Revised Standard
For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
seeing that as for Yahweh thy God, a consuming fire, he is, - a jealous GOD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Revised Standard Version
For the LORD your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Contextual Overview

¹"Now, O Israel, listen and pay attention to the statutes and the judgments (God's legal decisions) which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. ²"You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I am commanding you. ³"Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor; for all the men who followed [and participated in the worship of] Baal of Peor, the LORD your God destroyed them from among you, ⁴but you who held tightly to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you. ⁵"Look, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may do them in the land which you are entering to possess. ⁶"So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' ⁷"For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God [is to us] whenever we call on Him? ⁸"Or what great nation has statutes and judgments so righteous (upright, just) as this whole law which I am placing before you today? ⁹"Only pay attention and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your grandchildren [impressing these things on their mind and penetrating their heart with these truths]— ¹⁰especially the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb (Mount Sinai), when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people to Me and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] all the days they live on the land, and so that they may teach their children.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy God: Deuteronomy 9:3, Deuteronomy 32:22, Exodus 24:17, Psalms 21:9, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 33:14, Jeremiah 21:12-14, Nahum 1:6, Zephaniah 1:18, Hebrews 12:29

a jealous God: Deuteronomy 6:15, Deuteronomy 29:20, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:21, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:14, Psalms 78:58, Isaiah 42:8, Nahum 1:2, Zephaniah 3:8, 1 Corinthians 10:22

Reciprocal: Numbers 25:11 - that I Deuteronomy 4:33 - General 1 Kings 14:22 - they provoked 2 Kings 13:3 - and he delivered Isaiah 46:10 - the end Ezekiel 1:27 - the appearance of fire Ezekiel 8:3 - provoketh Ezekiel 22:21 - and blow Ezekiel 36:5 - Surely 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what

Cross-References

Genesis 4:15
And the LORD said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, a sevenfold vengeance [that is, punishment seven times worse] shall be taken on him [by Me]." And the LORD set a [protective] mark (sign) on Cain, so that no one who found (met) him would kill him.

Matthew 18:22
Jesus answered him, "I say to you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire,.... To his enemies; his wrath is like fire to burn up and destroy all that oppose him and break his commands, and especially idolaters; whose sin of all others is the most provoking to him, since it strikes at his being, his honour and glory; wherefore it follows,

even a jealous God; who is jealous of his honour in matters of worship, and will not suffer his glory to be given to another, nor his praise to graven images, without resenting it or punishing for it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 4:24. Thy God is a consuming fire — They had seen him on the mount as an unconsuming fire, while appearing to Moses, and giving the law; and they had seen him as a consuming fire in the case of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and their company. They had, therefore, every good to expect from his approbation, and every evil to dread from his displeasure.