New English Translation
Deuteronomy 9:15
15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; 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
13Moreover, he said to me, “I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn lot! 14Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.” So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. 16When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you! 17I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very 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 32:14Then the Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
- Deuteronomy 4:11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.
- Deuteronomy 5:23Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.
- Exodus 9:23When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the Lord caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 19:18Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great 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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