Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:
New American Standard Bible
And
You gave them
Good statutes and commandments.
King James Version
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Holman Bible
and spoke to them from heaven.
You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,
and good statutes and commands.
International Standard Version
"You also came down to Mount Sinai, spoke with them from heaven, and gave them impartial regulations, true laws, statutes, and good commands.
A Conservative Version
Thou also came down upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and TRUE laws, good statutes and commandments,
American Standard Version
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
Amplified
“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven;
And You gave them fair ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
Darby Translation
And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
Julia Smith Translation
And upon mount Sinai thou camest down, and speaking with them from the heavens, and thou wilt give to them right judgments, and laws of truth, good laws and commands
King James 2000
You came down also upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then you came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right judgments and true teachings, good regulations and commandments.
Modern King James verseion
And You came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from Heaven, and gave them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest unto them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, true laws, good commandments and statutes,
NET Bible
"You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
New Heart English Bible
"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
The Emphasized Bible
And, upon Mount Sinai, camest thou down, and spakest with them out of the heavens, - and gavest them just regulations, and faithful laws, good statutes and commandments.
Webster
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spokest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
World English Bible
"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
Youngs Literal Translation
'And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.
Themes
Living waters » Waters coming forth from the rock
Mountains » Names of » Sinai, upon which moses received the decalogue
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Lawgiver
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon
Interlinear
Yarad
Nathan
Yashar
Mishpat
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 9:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Confesses
12 And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go. 13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders: 14 And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 20:1
And God said all these words:
Exodus 19:11
And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.
Psalm 119:127-128
For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
Psalm 119:160
Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever.
Exodus 19:16-20
And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.
Exodus 20:22
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven
Deuteronomy 4:8
And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?
Deuteronomy 4:10-13
That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.
Deuteronomy 4:33
Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?
Deuteronomy 5:4
The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,
Deuteronomy 5:22-26
These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
Deuteronomy 33:2
He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples.
Psalm 19:7-11
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
Psalm 119:137
O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.
Isaiah 64:1
O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,
Isaiah 64:3
While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.
Ezekiel 20:11-13
And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
Habakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.
Romans 7:12-14
But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.
Romans 7:16
But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
Hebrews 12:18-26
You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,