Exodus 32:16
What does Exodus 32:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 32:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And made by the work of God; the writing also of God was graven in the tables.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the tables [were]God's work, and the writing wasGod's writing, engraven on the tables.
Context
v.15And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
v.16This passage
v.17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 34:4
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.
- Exodus 34:1
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest.
- Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:
- 2 Corinthians 3:7
But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:
- 2 Corinthians 3:3
being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh.
- Deuteronomy 10:1
At that time Jehovah said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
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