Catholic Public Domain Version
"For they could not bear what was said, and so, if even a beast would have touched the mountain, it would have been stoned. "
— Hebrews 12:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:”
“for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned; ”
“for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"”
“For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.””
“For they did not endure that which was said: and if so much as a beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned.”
“For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;”
“(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:”
For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.
But you have not drawn near to a tangible mountain, or a burning fire, or a whirlwind, or a mist, or a storm,
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.
For they could not bear what was said, and so, if even a beast would have touched the mountain, it would have been stoned.
And what was seen was so terrible that even Moses said: “I am terrified, and so, I tremble.”
But you have drawn near to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of Angels,
and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,