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Christian Standard Bible ®

Deuteronomy 9:11

The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant, at the end of the forty days and forty nights.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Humility;   Stones;   Table;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Calf, Golden;   Covenant;   Deuteronomy;   Ten Commandments;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Quotations;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Proclamation of the Law;   Tabernacle, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Decalogue;   Numbers and Numerals;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
King James Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Lexham English Bible
And then at the end of forty days and forty nights, Yahweh gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
English Standard Version
And at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
New Century Version
When the forty days and forty nights were over, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets with the Agreement on them.
New English Translation
Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
Amplified Bible
"It came about at the end of forty days and forty nights that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
New American Standard Bible
"It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened at the end of forty days and nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, after forty days and nights Adonai gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
Easy-to-Read Version
"So at the end of 40 days and 40 nights, the Lord gave me two stone tablets—the stones of the agreement.
George Lamsa Translation
And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
Good News Translation
Yes, after those forty days and nights the Lord gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written the covenant.
Literal Translation
then it happened, at the end of forty days and forty nights Jehovah gave the two tablets of stone to me, tablets of the covenant,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And after the fortye dayes and fortye nightes, ye LORDE gaue me ye two tables of stone, namely ye tables of the couenaunt,
American Standard Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Bible in Basic English
Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables of the couenaunt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe at the end of fortie dayes, and fortie nights, that the Lord gaue mee the two Tables of stone, euen the Tables of the Couenant.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass after forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Berean Standard Bible
And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne fourti daies and so many nyytis hadden passid, the Lord yaf to me twei tablis of stoon, tablis of boond of pees;
Young's Literal Translation
`And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, Jehovah hath given unto me the two tables of stone -- tables of the covenant,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, [that] the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant.
World English Bible
It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
New King James Version
And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
New Living Translation
"At the end of the forty days and nights, the Lord handed me the two stone tablets inscribed with the words of the covenant.
New Life Bible
At the end of forty days and nights the Lord gave me the two pieces of stone, the Laws of the agreement.
New Revised Standard
At the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave unto me the two tables of stone the tables of the covenant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when forty days were passed, and as many nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant,
Revised Standard Version
And at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
THE MESSAGE
It was at the end of the forty days and nights that God gave me the two slabs of stone, the tablets of the covenant. God said to me, "Get going, and quickly. Get down there, because your people whom you led out of Egypt have ruined everything. In almost no time at all they have left the road that I laid out for them and gone off and made for themselves a cast god."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.

Contextual Overview

7“Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness. You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place. 8You provoked the Lord at Horeb, and he was angry enough with you to destroy you. 9When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant the Lord made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat food or drink water. 10On the day of the assembly the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by God’s finger. The exact words were on them, which the Lord spoke to you from the fire on the mountain. 11The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant, at the end of the forty days and forty nights.12“The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go down immediately from here. For your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast image for themselves.’ 13The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people. 14Leave me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’ 15“So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. 16I saw how you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made a calf image for yourselves. You had quickly turned from the way the Lord had commanded for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the tables of the covenant: Deuteronomy 9:9, Numbers 10:33, Hebrews 8:6-10, Hebrews 9:4

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:21 - the covenant Mark 1:13 - forty

Cross-References

Genesis 9:21
He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.
Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
Genesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.
Isaiah 54:9
“For this is like the days of Noah to me:when I swore that the water of Noahwould never flood the earth again,so I have sworn that I will not be angry with youor rebuke you.
2 Peter 3:7
By the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
2 Peter 3:11
Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,.... The time of Moses's stay in the mount, when it was just up, and not before: that

the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant, as in Deuteronomy 9:9. Aben Ezra observes, that this shows that the day the tables were given to Moses the calf was made.


 
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