Deuteronomy 9:15
What does Deuteronomy 9:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 9:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`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,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.14let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
v.15This passage
v.16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 32:14
And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
- Hebrews 12:18
For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
- Deuteronomy 4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
- Exodus 9:23
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 5:23
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
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