King James Version

Exodus 32:16

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

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וְהַ֨לֻּחֹ֔תvehaluchotand the boardלוּחַconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the board”, the ordinary formH3871probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metalboard, plate, table.מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaasehbusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.אֱלֹהִ֖יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods 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 superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.הֵ֑מָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗בvehamikhtavand the writingמִכְתָּבconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the writing”, the ordinary formH4385a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)writing.מִכְתַּ֤בmikhtavwritingמִכְתָּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “writing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4385a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)writing.אֱלֹהִים֙elohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods 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 superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.ה֔וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.חָר֖וּתcharutgravenחָרַתverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “graven”, a verb used as a describing wordH2801to engravegraven.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַלֻּחֹֽתhaluchotthe boardלוּחַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the board”, the ordinary formH3871probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metalboard, plate, table.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables.

World English Bible

The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

Darby Translation

And the tables [were] God's work, and the writing was God's writing, engraven on the tables.

Douay-Rheims

And made by the work of God: the writing also of God was graven in the tables.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing the writing of God written on the tables.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ αἱ πλάκες ἔργον Θεοῦ ἦσαν, καὶ ἡ γραφὴ γραφὴ Θεοῦ κεκολαμμένη ἐν ταῖς πλαξί.

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