Parallel Verses
Amplified
The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.
New American Standard Bible
The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing engraved on the tablets.
King James Version
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Holman Bible
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God’s writing, engraved on the tablets.
International Standard Version
The tablets were the work of God and the writing was God's writing, inscribed on the tablets.
A Conservative Version
And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the tablets.
American Standard Version
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Bible in Basic English
The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.
Darby Translation
And the tables were God's work, and the writing was God's writing, engraven on the tables.
Julia Smith Translation
And the tables they the work of God, and the writing the writing of God, it being cut in the tables.
King James 2000
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the tables.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the tablets, they [were] the work of God; and the writing, it [was] the writing of God engraved on the tablets.
Modern King James verseion
And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God. It was engraved on the tablets.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the tables.
NET Bible
Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
New Heart English Bible
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables.
The Emphasized Bible
Now as for, the tables, the work of God, they were, - and, as for the writing, the writing of God, it was, graven upon the tables.
Webster
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
World English Bible
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.
Themes
Commandments » Of men » The ten
The ten commandments » Written by God
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 32:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Golden Calf
15 Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both sides—they were written on one side and on the other. 16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets. 17 Now when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a sound of battle in the camp.”
Cross References
Exodus 31:18
When He had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Exodus 34:1
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed [when you learned of Israel’s idolatry].
Exodus 34:4
So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and he got up early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took
Deuteronomy 9:9-11
When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water.
Deuteronomy 9:15
“So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Deuteronomy 10:1
“At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark (chest) of wood for yourself.
2 Corinthians 3:3
You show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones [the covenant of the Law which led to death because of sin], came with such glory and splendor that the Israelites were not able to look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, [a brilliance] that was fading,
Hebrews 8:10
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, says the Lord:
I will imprint My laws upon their minds [even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding],
And engrave them upon their hearts [effecting their regeneration].
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.