Deuteronomy 34:10

וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים׃

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Hebrew

וְלֹֽא־קָ֨ם נָבִ֥יא ע֛וֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כְּמֹשֶׁ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יְדָע֣וֹ יְהוָ֔ה פָּנִ֖ים אֶל־פָּנִֽים׃

Greek (Septuagint)

Καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστη ἔτι προφήτης ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ὡς Μωσῆς, ὃν ἔγνω κύριος αὐτὸν κατὰ πρόσωπον·

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Et non surrexit ultra propheta in Israël sicut Moyses, quem nosset Dominus facie ad faciem,

Spanish

Desde entonces no ha surgido en Israel un profeta como Moisés, a quien Yehová conoció cara a cara,

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y nunca más se levantó profeta en Israel como Moisés, á quien haya conocido Jehová cara á cara;

English

Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face —

✦ What the text says

Summary

The verse states that no prophet has arisen again in Israel comparable to Moses, and gives the reason: Yehovah knew him "face to face." This forms a closing statement about Moses' unique status among Israel's prophets.

Key words

kam ("he has arisen", H6965B) — qal perfect, describing a completed action; combined with lo' ("not", H3808) it negates any subsequent occurrence, framed as a settled fact from the narrator's vantage point.
na.Vi' ("a prophet", H5030) — masculine singular noun, the subject of the negated verb; unmodified by any article, functioning as a generic category ("a prophet," any prophet).
od ("again", H5750) — reinforces the negation, indicating repetition or continuation has not occurred since Moses.
yeda'o ("he knew him", H3045 + H9033) — qal perfect verb with 3rd person masculine singular pronominal suffix attached directly to the verb, meaning "knew him," with Yehovah as the following subject.
panim el panim ("face to face", H6440H + H0413 + H6440H) — the same plural noun panim ("face") repeated with the preposition 'el ("to") between them, forming an idiomatic expression of direct, unmediated encounter.

What the text says

The sentence opens with the negated perfect verb kam ("he has arisen") preceded by ve-lo' ("and not"), establishing the main clause: "and there has not arisen." The subject na.Vi' ("a prophet") follows, modified by od ("again") and located be-Yisra'el ("in Israel"). The comparison ke-Mosheh ("like Moses") sets the standard against which the absence of any prophet is measured.

The relative clause beginning with 'asher ("whom") introduces the reason for Moses' distinction: yeda'o Yehovah ("Yehovah knew him"). The verb yada' ("to know") carries the pronominal suffix -o ("him") directly attached, a common Hebrew construction where object pronouns attach to the verb rather than standing as separate words. The final phrase, panim 'el panim ("face to face"), uses the repetition of panim ("face") linked by the preposition 'el ("to") — a Hebrew idiom expressing direct, unmediated presence, here describing the manner in which Yehovah knew Moses.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders panim 'el panim ("face to face") with the Greek phrase κατὰ πρόσωπον ("according to face" / "face to face"), and represents the verb yeda'o ("he knew him") with ἔγνω ... αὐτὸν, splitting the verb and its object into separate words rather than the single Hebrew verb-plus-suffix form. The Vulgate uses the subjunctive nosset ("would have known") for yeda'o ("he knew him"), rendering the Hebrew perfect (completed action) as a subjunctive construction, which shifts the grammatical mood of the clause compared to the Hebrew indicative perfect.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.