Deuteronomy 9:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.”

Deuteronomy 9:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Deuteronomy 9:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Deuteronomy 9:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly turned away from the way which Yahweh had commanded you.”

Deuteronomy 9:16 — World English Bible

Deuteronomy 9:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you. ”

Deuteronomy 9:16 — American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 9:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and I see, and lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah your God; ye have made to yourselves a molten calf; ye have turned aside hastily out of the way which Jehovah hath commanded you.”

Deuteronomy 9:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 9:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I saw, and behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah yourGod: ye had made for yourselves a molten calf; ye had quickly turned aside from the way which Jehovah had commanded you. ”

Deuteronomy 9:16 — Darby Translation

Deuteronomy 9:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then I looked, and beholde, ye had sinned against the Lord your God: for ye had made you a molten calfe, and had turned quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.”

Deuteronomy 9:16 — Geneva Bible

Deuteronomy 9:16 in Context — Deuteronomy 9

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

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.

16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.

17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

18 And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

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What Does Deuteronomy 9:16 Mean?

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