Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
While Moses was there with the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights, he did not eat or drink. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.
New American Standard Bible
So he was there with the Lord
King James Version
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Holman Bible
Moses was there with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote the Ten Commandments,
A Conservative Version
And he was there with LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread, nor drank water, and he wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
American Standard Version
And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Amplified
Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
Bible in Basic English
And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.
Darby Translation
And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread, and drank no water. And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will be there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he ate not bread and drank not water. And he will write upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.
King James 2000
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights. He ate no food and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words.
Modern King James verseion
And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread, nor drank water. And He wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights, and neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote in the tables the words of the covenant: even ten verses.
NET Bible
So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
New Heart English Bible
He was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
The Emphasized Bible
So then he was there, with Yahweh, forty days and forty nights, bread, did he not eat and, water, did he not drink, and he wrote upon the tables, the words of the covenant, the ten words.
Webster
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water: and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
World English Bible
He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he is there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk; and he writeth on the tables the matters of the covenant -- the ten matters.
Themes
Commandments » Of men » The ten
The ten commandments » Written by God
Communion » Instances of » moses
Covenant » Instances of » Of the ten commandments
Covenant » The mosaic law called a covenant
Days » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
Decalogue » Divine authority of
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » The tables of testimony renewed
Fasting » Extraordinary--exemplified
Fasting » Prolonged » For forty days, by moses
Forty » Days » Of fasting » By moses
Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Fasted forty days
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
Topics
Interlinear
Yowm
Layil
Lechem
Mayim
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 34:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Shining Face Of Moses
27 Then the LORD told Moses, "Write down these words, because I'm making a covenant with you and with Israel according to these words." 28 While Moses was there with the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights, he did not eat or drink. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets. 29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he had the two tablets in his hand, and he did not know that the skin of his face was ablaze with light because he had been speaking with God.
Cross References
Exodus 24:18
When Moses went up on the mountain, he went into the center of the cloud and was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
Exodus 31:18
When he finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two Tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone written by the finger of God.
Exodus 34:1
The LORD told Moses, "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I'll write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets that you broke.
Deuteronomy 4:13
He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to observe the Ten Commandments that he wrote on two stone tablets.
Exodus 32:16
The tablets were the work of God and the writing was God's writing, inscribed on the tablets.
Deuteronomy 9:9
Then I went up to the mountain to receive the two stone Tablets of the Covenant that the LORD had established with you. I stayed on the mountain for 40 days and nights without eating food or drinking water.
Deuteronomy 9:18
I fell down in the LORD's presence, just as I had the first 40 days and nights. I did not eat food or drink water because of your sin. You had sinned by committing this evil in the sight of the LORD, thereby provoking him to anger.
Deuteronomy 9:25
I fell down in the LORD's presence for 40 days and nights, because the LORD said he was ready to destroy you.
Deuteronomy 10:2-4
I'll write on the tablets what was on the first tablets that you broke. Then place them in the wooden chest.'
2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death that was inscribed in letters of stone came with such glory that the people of Israel could not gaze on Moses' face (because the glory was fading away from it),