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Read›Deuteronomy›Chapter 9

The Golden Calf

Deuteronomy 9:15

In 11 translations

BSB
So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
KJV
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.
WEB
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
ASV
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.
LSV
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,
YLT
'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,
DBY
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.
DRC
And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands,
GNV
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)
JPS
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.
LXXE
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.Gr. on.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וָאֵ֗פֶן וָֽאֵרֵד֙ מִן־הָהָ֔ר וְהָהָ֖ר בֹּעֵ֣ר בָּאֵ֑שׁ וּשְׁנֵי֙ לֻחֹ֣ת הַבְּרִ֔ית עַ֖ל שְׁתֵּ֥י יָדָֽי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπιστρέψας, κατέβην ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους· καὶ τὸ ὄρος ἐκαίετο πυρὶ ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ αἱ δύο πλάκες τῶν μαρτυρίων ἐπὶ ταῖς δυσὶ χερσί μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
  • Deuteronomy 5:23And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
  • Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
  • Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
  • Exodus 32:14–35So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people. Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front…
  • Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

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