Deuteronomy 9:17

What does Deuteronomy 9:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 9:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And I let the stones go from my hands, and they were broken before your eyes.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And I lay hold on the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I cast the tables out of my hands, and broke them in your sight.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I seized the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

Context

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.

v.17This passage

v.18And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

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