Deuteronomy 4:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to keep—the Ten Commandments—and He wrote them on two stone tablets.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּגֵּ֨ד לָכֶ֜ם אֶת־בְּרִית֗וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה אֶתְכֶם֙ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת עֲשֶׂ֖רֶת הַדְּבָרִ֑ים וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֔ם עַל־שְׁנֵ֖י לֻח֥וֹת אֲבָנִֽים

Transliteration

And-wayyaggēd to-you ʾet-his-bᵉrîtô which ṣiwwâ ʾetkhem to-laʿăśôt, ʿăśeret the-dᵉbārîm, and-wayyiktᵉbēm upon-shᵉnê luḥôt ʾăbānîm

Grammar Details

• *wa*: conjunction - and
• *yyaggēd*: verb, hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular - he declared
• *lākem*: preposition with second person masculine plural suffix - to you
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bᵉrîtô*: noun, feminine singular with third person masculine singular suffix - his covenant
• *ʾăsher*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *ṣiwwâ*: verb, piel perfect, third person masculine singular - he commanded
• *ʾetkhem*: direct object marker with second person masculine plural suffix - you
• *laʿăśôt*: preposition with infinitive construct, qal - to do/perform
• *ʿăśeret*: cardinal number, feminine construct - ten of
• *dᵉbārîm*: noun, masculine plural - words/things
• *wayyiktᵉbēm*: conjunction with verb, qal imperfect, third person masculine singular with third person masculine plural suffix - and he wrote them
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon/on
• *shᵉnê*: cardinal number, masculine dual construct - two of
• *luḥôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - tablets of
• *ʾăbānîm*: noun, feminine plural - stones

Word Meanings

• *yyaggēd*: he declared/he told/he announced
• *bᵉrîtô*: his covenant/his agreement/his treaty
• *ṣiwwâ*: he commanded/he ordered/he instructed
• *laʿăśôt*: to do/to perform/to practice
• *ʿăśeret*: ten/tenth
• *dᵉbārîm*: words/sayings/commandments
• *wayyiktᵉbēm*: and he wrote them/and he inscribed them
• *luḥôt*: tablets/plates/boards
• *ʾăbānîm*: stones/rocks

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he clared unto you his covenant, which he command you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tablets of stone.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he declared{H5046} unto you his covenant,{H1285} which he commanded{H6680} you to perform,{H6213} even the ten{H6235} commandments;{H1697} and he wrote{H3789} them upon two{H8147} tables{H3871} of stone.{H68}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he declared{H5046}{(H8686)} unto you his covenant{H1285}, which he commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} you to perform{H6213}{(H8800)}, even ten{H6235} commandments{H1697}; and he wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} them upon two{H8147} tables{H3871} of stone{H68}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he declared vnto you his couenaunt, which he commaunded you to doo, euen.x. verses and wrote them in two tables of stone.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he declared vnto you his couenaunt, which he comaunded you to do, namely, the ten verses, and wrote them vpon two tables of stone.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then hee declared vnto you his couenant which he commanded you to doe, euen the ten commaundements, and wrote them vpon two tables of stone.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he commaunded you to do euen ten commaundementes, which he wrote vpon two tables of stone.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth them upon two tables of stone.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, writing them on two stone tablets.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:28 : 28 Moses was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
• Exod 24:12 : 12 The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay there, so I can give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written to teach them."
• Exod 31:18 : 18 When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
• Exod 19:5 : 5 Now, if you will carefully listen to My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations, for the whole earth is Mine.
• Exod 24:17-18 : 17 The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites. 18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
• Deut 5:1-9 : 1 Moses called all Israel together and said to them, "Listen, Israel, to the statutes and judgments that I am speaking to you today. Learn them and carefully follow them." 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant but with us, all of us who are alive here today. 4 The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. 5 At that time, I stood between the LORD and you to declare His word to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said: 6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 7 You shall have no other gods before Me. 8 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. 9 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me. 10 But showing steadfast love to thousands of generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. 11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who takes His name in vain. 12 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 14 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your ox, your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the foreigner residing in your towns—so that your male and female servants may rest as you do. 15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you. 17 You shall not murder. 18 You shall not commit adultery. 19 You shall not steal. 20 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. 21 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
• Deut 9:9-9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water. 10 Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the words the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
• Deut 10:1-5 : 1 At that time, the LORD said to me, 'Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself a wooden ark.' 2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them inside the ark. 3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and I cut two stone tablets like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain carrying the two tablets in my hands. 4 The LORD wrote on the tablets, just as He had done the first time, the Ten Commandments that He had proclaimed to you from the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. Then the LORD gave them to me. 5 I turned and came down from the mountain, and I placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me, and they are there to this day.
• 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 If the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not look intently at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was passing away,
• Heb 9:4 : 4 It had the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered with gold on all sides. Inside the ark were a golden jar containing the manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
• Heb 9:19-20 : 19 For when every commandment of the law had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to follow.'