Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 9:15
15“So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
Deuteronomy 9:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
- New International Version (NIV)So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Context of Deuteronomy 9:15
13The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people. 14Leave me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’ “So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. 16I saw how you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made a calf image for yourselves. You had quickly turned from the way the Lord had commanded for you. 17So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
Read all of Deuteronomy 9Deuteronomy 9:15 word by word
וָאֵ֗פֶן וָֽאֵרֵד֙ מִן־הָהָ֔ר וְהָהָ֖ר בֹּעֵ֣ר בָּאֵ֑שׁ וּשְׁנֵי֙ לֻחֹ֣ת הַבְּרִ֔ית עַ֖ל שְׁתֵּ֥י יָדָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- So I turnedפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
- and came downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- from the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- burnedבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
- with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- and the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- tablesלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
- of the covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- handsיָדyâd · handH3027
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:15
- Exodus 32:14So the Lord relented concerning the disaster he had said he would bring on his people.
- Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a totally black cloud.
- Deuteronomy 5:23All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.
- Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the land, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the Lord came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:15
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-29Verses 7-29 That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath and the curse at God's hand…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-2912-29. Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people ... have corrupted themselves--With a view to humble them effectually, Moses proceeds to particularize some of the most atrocious instances of their infidelity. He begins with the impiety of the golden calf--an impiety which, while their miraculous emancipation from Egypt, the most stupendous displays of the Divine Majesty that were exhibited on the adjoining mount, and the recent ratification…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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