Exodus 34:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Exodus 34:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 34:28 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 34:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Exodus 34:28 — World English Bible

Exodus 34:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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.”

Exodus 34:28 — American Standard Version

Exodus 34:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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.”

Exodus 34:28 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 34:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“— 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.”

Exodus 34:28 — Darby Translation

Exodus 34:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So hee was there with the Lord fourtie dayes and fourtie nights, and did neither eat bread nor drinke water: and hee wrote in the Tables the wordes of the couenant, euen the tenne commandements.”

Exodus 34:28 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 34:28 in Context — Exodus 34

26 Tu apporteras à la maison de L’Éternel, ton Dieu, les prémices des premiers fruits de la terre. Tu ne feras point cuire un chevreau dans le lait de sa mère.

27 L’Éternel dit à Moïse: Écris ces paroles; car c’est conformément à ces paroles que je traite alliance avec toi et avec Israël.

28 Moïse fut là avec l’Éternel quarante jours et quarante nuits. Il ne mangea point de pain, et il ne but point d’eau. Et l’Éternel écrivit sur les tables les paroles de l’alliance, les dix paroles.

29 Moïse descendit de la montagne de Sinaï, ayant les deux tables du témoignage dans sa main, en descendant de la montagne; et il ne savait pas que la peau de son visage rayonnait, parce qu’il avait parlé avec l’Éternel.

30 Aaron et tous les enfants d’Israël regardèrent Moïse, et voici la peau de son visage rayonnait; et ils craignaient de s’approcher de lui.

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What Does Exodus 34:28 Mean?

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