Deuteronomy 4:13

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
• Exod 24:12 : 12 And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there: and I will give you tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that you may teach them.
• Exod 31:18 : 18 And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
• Exod 19:5 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine:
• Exod 24:17-18 : 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
• Deut 5:1-9 : 1 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears today, that you may learn them, and keep, and do them. 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today. 4 The LORD talked with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mountain;) saying, 6 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 You shall have no other gods before me. 8 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 9 You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10 And showing mercy to thousands 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 him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, 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 the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out from there through a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 17 You shall not kill. 18 Neither shall you commit adultery. 19 Neither shall you steal. 20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor. 21 Neither shall you desire your neighbor's wife, nor shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.
• Deut 9:9-9 : 9 When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, I neither ate bread nor drank water: 10 And the LORD delivered to me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were written according to all the words, which the LORD spoke with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant.
• Deut 10:1-5 : 1 At that time the LORD said to me, Carve for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of acacia wood, and carved two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand. 4 And he wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them to me. 5 And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me.
• 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadily behold the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
• Heb 9:4 : 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant covered all around with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
• Heb 9:19-20 : 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book itself and all the people, 20 Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."