Exodus 32:16 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God's writing inscribed on the tablets.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

ASV:

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

BBE:

The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.

DBY:

And the tables were God's work, and the writing was God's writing, engraven on the tables.

ERV:

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

JPS:

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

WBS:

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

WEB:

The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables.

YLT:

and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.

Exodus 32:16 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 32:15 Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other.

Exodus 32:17 Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

32:16 And the tables [were] the work of God, and {h} the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
(h) All these repetitions show how excellent a thing they defrauded themselves of by their idolatry.

WES:

32:16 The writing of God - Very probably the first writing in the world.

MHC:

32:15-20 What a change it is, to come down from the mount of communion with God, to converse with a wicked world. In God we see nothing but what is pure and pleasing; in the world nothing but what is sinful and provoking. That it might appear an idol is nothing in the world, Moses ground the calf to dust. Mixing this powder with their drink, signified that the backslider in heart should be filled with his own ways.

CONC:

Cut Engraved Engraven God's Graven Stones Tables Tablets Writing

Cut Engraved Engraven God's Graven Stones Tables Tablets Work Writing

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