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 · 2000And 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 · 1611And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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 · 1949And 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) · 1752I cast the tables out of my hands, and broke them in your sight.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
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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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