Deuteronomy 9:15

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 know what these people are like! They are proud people who do not want to obey me. 14Keep away from me! I will now destroy them! Then no one on the earth will remember them at all. Instead, Moses, I will make your descendants into a nation that is stronger and larger than they are.’ So I turned and I went down the mountain. It was still burning with fire. I held the two stones with the covenant on them in my hands. 16When I looked, I saw that you had made an image of a calf as your idol. You really had done a very bad thing. You had quickly stopped doing the things that the Lord your God had commanded you to do. 17When I saw that, I threw the two flat stones down onto the ground. I broke them into pieces while you watched.

Deuteronomy 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 32:14Then the Lord changed his mind. He did not bring the great trouble on his people as he had said he would.
• Deuteronomy 4:11At that time, you came and you stood at the edge of the mountain. You saw that the fire on the mountain reached up to the sky. But the sky was full of black clouds and it was dark.
• Deuteronomy 5:23The mountain was burning with fire and you heard God's voice speak from the darkness. Then the leaders and older men of your tribes came to speak to me.
• Exodus 9:23When Moses lifted up his stick towards the sky, the Lord sent a great storm. He sent thunder, hail and lightning.
• Exodus 19:18Smoke covered Sinai mountain because the Lord had come down on the mountain, like a fire. The smoke rose up from the mountain, like smoke from a great fire. The whole mountain shook very much.

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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 9:15

• Humility
• Israel
• Moses

In the dictionaries

• Carefully
• Rebellious
• Calf, Golden

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