Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven;
And You gave them fair ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
New American Standard Bible
And
You gave them
Good statutes and commandments.
King James Version
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Holman Bible
and spoke to them from heaven.
You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,
and good statutes and commands.
International Standard Version
"You also came down to Mount Sinai, spoke with them from heaven, and gave them impartial regulations, true laws, statutes, and good commands.
A Conservative Version
Thou also came down upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and TRUE laws, good statutes and commandments,
American Standard Version
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
Bible in Basic English
And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:
Darby Translation
And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
Julia Smith Translation
And upon mount Sinai thou camest down, and speaking with them from the heavens, and thou wilt give to them right judgments, and laws of truth, good laws and commands
King James 2000
You came down also upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then you came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right judgments and true teachings, good regulations and commandments.
Modern King James verseion
And You came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from Heaven, and gave them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest unto them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, true laws, good commandments and statutes,
NET Bible
"You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
New Heart English Bible
"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
The Emphasized Bible
And, upon Mount Sinai, camest thou down, and spakest with them out of the heavens, - and gavest them just regulations, and faithful laws, good statutes and commandments.
Webster
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spokest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
World English Bible
"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
Youngs Literal Translation
'And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.
Themes
Living waters » Waters coming forth from the rock
Mountains » Names of » Sinai, upon which moses received the decalogue
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Lawgiver
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon
Interlinear
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Nathan
Yashar
Mishpat
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 9:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Confesses
12
“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,
And with a pillar of fire by night
To light the way for them
In which they were to go.
“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven;
And You gave them fair ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
“So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath,
And gave them commandments, statutes, and law,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 20:1
Then God spoke all these words:
Exodus 19:11
and be ready by the third day, because on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai [in the cloud] in the sight of all the people.
Psalm 119:127-128
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold,
Yes, more than refined gold.
Psalm 119:160
The sum of Your word is truth [the full meaning of all Your precepts],
And every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever.
Exodus 19:16-20
So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and flashes of lightning, and a thick cloud was on the mountain, and a very loud blast was sounded on a ram’s horn, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Exodus 20:22
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
Deuteronomy 4:8
Or what great nation has statutes and judgments so righteous (upright, just) as this whole law which I am
Deuteronomy 4:10-13
especially the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb (Mount Sinai), when the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] all the days they live on the land, and so that they may teach their children.’
Deuteronomy 4:33
Did [any] people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you heard, and [still] live?
Deuteronomy 5:4
The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 5:22-26
“The Lord spoke these words with a great voice to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and He added no more. He wrote these commandments on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear [and worship] the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being],
Deuteronomy 33:2
He said,
And dawned on them from Seir;
He shone forth from Mount Paran,
And He came from among ten thousand holy ones;
At His right hand was a
Psalm 19:7-11
The law of the Lord is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul;
The statutes of the Lord are reliable and trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Psalm 119:137
Tsadhe.
Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.
Isaiah 64:1
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
Isaiah 64:3
When You did awesome and amazing things which we did not expect,
You came down [at Sinai]; the mountains quaked at Your presence.
Ezekiel 20:11-13
I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them, which, if a man keeps, he will live.
Habakkuk 3:3
God [approaching from Sinai] comes from Teman (Edom),
And the Holy One from
His splendor and majesty covers the heavens
And the earth is full of His praise.
Romans 7:12-14
So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Romans 7:16
Now if I habitually do what I do not want to do, [that means] I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good (morally excellent).
Hebrews 12:18-26
For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging windstorm,