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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Deuteronomy 9:15

"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.

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.

Contextual Overview

7 "Remember, do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD. 8 "Even at Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you. 9 "When I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the LORD had made with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water. 10 "The LORD gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11 "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. 12 "Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.' 13 "The LORD spoke further to me, saying, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people. 14 'Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.' 15 "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.16 "And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the LORD your God. You had made for yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had 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
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
Exodus 28:12
"You shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for a memorial.
Deuteronomy 7:9
"Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
1 Kings 8:23
He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart,
Nehemiah 9:32
"Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness, Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.
Psalms 106:45
And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not despise us, for Your own name's sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.
Ezekiel 16:60
"Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
Luke 1:72
To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember 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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