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Literal Standard Version

Deuteronomy 9:15

And I turn and come down from the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant [are] on my two hands,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Humility;   Israel;   Moses;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Calf, Golden;   Covenant;   Deuteronomy;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fire;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Covenant;   Sanctuary;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
King James Version
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Lexham English Bible
"And I turned, and I went down the mountain, as the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
English Standard Version
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
New Century Version
So I turned and came down the mountain that was burning with fire, and the two stone tablets with the Agreement were in my hands.
New English Translation
So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
Amplified Bible
"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
New American Standard Bible
"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So I returned, and came downe from the Mount (and the Mount burnt with fire, and ye two Tables of the couenant were in my two handes)
Legacy Standard Bible
"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Contemporary English Version
Moses said: Fire was raging on the mountaintop as I went back down, carrying the two stones with the commandments on them.
Complete Jewish Bible
I came down from the mountain. The mountain was blazing fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Darby Translation
And I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two stone tablets of the agreement were in my hands.
George Lamsa Translation
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Good News Translation
"So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying the two stone tablets on which the covenant was written. Flames of fire were coming from the mountain.
Christian Standard Bible®
“So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
Literal Translation
And I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And as I turned me, & wente downe fro the mount which brent wt fyre, & had ye two tables of the couenaunt in both my hades,
American Standard Version
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Bible in Basic English
So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I turned me, and came downe from the hyll, euen from the hyll that burnt with fire, and the two tables of the couenaunt were in my handes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
King James Version (1611)
So I turned and came downe from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two Tables of the Couenant were in my two hands.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies were in my two hands.
English Revised Version
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Berean Standard Bible
So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Y cam doun fro the hil brennynge, and helde with euer either hond twei tablis of boond of pees, and Y seiy,
Young's Literal Translation
`And I turn, and come down from the mount, and the mount is burning with fire, and the two tables of the covenant on my two hands,
Update Bible Version
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Webster's Bible Translation
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant [were] in my two hands.
World English Bible
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
New King James Version
"So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
New Living Translation
"So while the mountain was blazing with fire I turned and came down, holding in my hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.
New Life Bible
So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire. The two pieces of stone of the agreement were in my two hands.
New Revised Standard
So I turned and went down from the mountain, while the mountain was ablaze; the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I turned, and came down out of the mountain, now the mountain was burning with fire, - and the two tables of the covenant were upon my two hands.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands,
Revised Standard Version
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
THE MESSAGE
I turned around and started down the mountain—by now the mountain was blazing with fire—carrying the two tablets of the covenant in my two arms. That's when I saw it: There you were, sinning against God , your God—you had made yourselves a cast god in the shape of a calf! So soon you had left the road that God had commanded you to walk on. I held the two stone slabs high and threw them down, smashing them to bits as you watched.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

Contextual Overview

7Remember [and] do not forget that [with] which you have made your God YHWH angry in the wilderness; from the day that you have come out of the land of Egypt until your coming to this place, you have been rebellious against YHWH; 8even in Horeb you have made YHWH angry, and YHWH shows Himself angry against you—to destroy you. 9In my going up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone (tablets of the covenant which YHWH has made with you), then I abide on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I have not eaten bread and I have not drunk water; 10and YHWH gives to me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them [is] according to all the words which YHWH has spoken with you on the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly. 11And it comes to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, YHWH has given the two tablets of stone to me—tablets of the covenant. 12Then YHWH says to me, Rise, go down, hurry from here, for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have done corruptly; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I have commanded them—they have made a molten thing for themselves! 13And YHWH speaks to me, saying, I have seen this people, and behold, it [is] a people stiff of neck. 14Desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make you become a nation more mighty and numerous than it. 15And I turn and come down from the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant [are] on my two hands,16and I see, and behold, you have sinned against your God YHWH; you have made a molten calf for yourselves; you have quickly turned aside from the way which YHWH has commanded you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I turned: Exodus 32:14, 15-35

the mount: Deuteronomy 4:11, Deuteronomy 5:23, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 19:18, Hebrews 12:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:15 - turned Exodus 32:16 - General Exodus 34:1 - which Deuteronomy 9:9 - the tables Deuteronomy 10:5 - I turned 2 Corinthians 3:7 - written 2 Corinthians 12:21 - that I

Cross-References

Genesis 9:8
And God speaks to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature which [is] with you, among bird, among livestock, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark—to every beast of the earth.
Exodus 28:12
And you have set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod—stones of memorial to the sons of Israel—and Aaron has borne their names before YHWH, on his two shoulders, for a memorial.
Deuteronomy 7:9
And you have known that He, your God YHWH, [is] God, the faithful God keeping the covenant and the kindness with those loving Him and with those keeping His commands, for one thousand generations,
1 Kings 8:23
and says, "YHWH, God of Israel, there is not a God like You, in the heavens above and on the earth below, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Your servants, those walking before You with all their heart,
Nehemiah 9:32
And now, O our God—God, the great, the mighty, || And the fearful, || Keeping the covenant and the kindness—Do not let all the travail that has found us be little before You, || For our kings, for our heads, and for our priests, || And for our prophets, and for our fathers, || And for all Your people, || From the days of the kings of Asshur to this day;
Psalms 106:45
And remembers His covenant for them, || And is comforted, || According to the abundance of His kindness.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not despise, for Your Name's sake, || Do not dishonor the throne of Your glory, || Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
Ezekiel 16:60
And I have remembered My covenant with you, || In the days of your youth, || And I have established a perpetual covenant for you.
Luke 1:72
To do kindness with our fathers, || And to be mindful of His holy covenant,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So I turned and came down from the mount,.... As the Lord commanded:

and the mount burned with fire; as it had for six weeks past, ever since the Lord's descent upon it; and so it continued, for the words may be rendered, "and the mount was burning" b; and yet this did not deter the Israelites from idolatry:

and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands: one table in one hand, and the other in the other hand.

b בער "de monte ardente", V. L. Heb. "burning", Ainsworth.


 
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