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Exodus 32:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing engraved on the tablets.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the tables [were] God's work, and the writing was God's writing, engraven on the tables.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Now as for, the tables, the work of God, they were,—and, as for the writing, the writing of God, it was, graven upon the tables.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And made by the work of God; the writing also of God was graven in the tables.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And these Tables were the worke of God, and this writing was the writing of God grauen in the Tables.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the Tables were the worke of God; and the writing was the writing of God, grauen vpon the Tables.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the tablets.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the tables were the work of God, and the writing the writing of God written on the tables.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the tables [were] the work of Elohim, and the writing [was] the writing of Elohim, graven upon the tables.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the tables 3871
{3871} Prime
לוּחַ
luwach
{loo'-akh}
From a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal.
[were] the work 4639
{4639} Prime
מַעֲשֶׂה
ma`aseh
{mah-as-eh'}
From H6213; an action (good or bad); generally a transaction; abstractly activity; by implication a product (specifically a poem) or (generally) property.
of ´Élöhîm אֱלֹהִים, 430
{0430} Prime
אֱלֹהִים
'elohiym
{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
and the writing 4385
{4385} Prime
מִכְתָּב
miktab
{mik-tawb'}
From H3789; a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem).
[was] the writing 4385
{4385} Prime
מִכְתָּב
miktab
{mik-tawb'}
From H3789; a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem).
of ´Élöhîm אֱלֹהִים, 430
{0430} Prime
אֱלֹהִים
'elohiym
{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
graven 2801
{2801} Prime
חָרַת
charath
{khaw-rath'}
A primitive root; to engrave.
z8803
<8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815)
Count - 1415
upon x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
the tables. 3871
{3871} Prime
לוּחַ
luwach
{loo'-akh}
From a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Exodus 32:15-18.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Exodus 32:15-20.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 32:16

The writing of God — Very probably the first writing in the world.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Exodus 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.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Exodus 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Exodus 34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon [these] tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Exodus 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Deuteronomy 9:9-11 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: ... And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, [that] the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant.
Deuteronomy 9:15 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.
Deuteronomy 10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
2 Corinthians 3:3 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
2 Corinthians 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:
Hebrews 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 31:18; 34:1, 4. Dt 9:9, 15; 10:1. 2Co 3:3, 7. He 8:10.

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