Deuteronomy 9:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Then I saw that you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God, by casting for yourselves an image; you had been quick to turn from the way that the Lord had commanded you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ It was then that I saw how you sinned against the LORD your God: you made yourselves a calf, an idol made of cast metal! You couldn’t wait to turn from the path the LORD commanded you!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ and I had seen that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made a molten calf for yourselves, and had quickly abandoned his way, which he had revealed to you,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made to yourselves a molten calf, and had quickly forsaken his way, which he had shewn you:

Deuteronomy 9:16 Cross References

Exodus 32:19

As soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’s anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets from his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

Exodus 32:4

He took these from them, formed them in a mold, and cast an image of a calf, and they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

Deuteronomy 9:15

“So I turned and went down from the mountain, while the mountain was ablaze; the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

Deuteronomy 9:17

So I took hold of the two tablets and flung them from my two hands, smashing them before your eyes.