Exodus 32:16
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New International Version (©2011)
The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

New Living Translation (©2007)
These tablets were God's work; the words on them were written by God himself.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The tablets were God's work, and the writing was God's writing engraved on the tablets.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God's writing, engraved on the tablets.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The tablets were the work of God and the writing was God's writing, inscribed on the tablets.

NET Bible (©2006)
Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God's writing inscribed on the tablets.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the tables.

American King James Version
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven on the tables.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And made by the work of God: the writing also of God was graven in the tables.

Darby Bible Translation
And the tables were God's work, and the writing was God's writing, engraven on the tables.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

32:15-20 What a change it is, to come down from the mount of communion with God, to converse with a wicked world. In God we see nothing but what is pure and pleasing; in the world nothing but what is sinful and provoking. That it might appear an idol is nothing in the world, Moses ground the calf to dust. Mixing this powder with their drink, signified that the backslider in heart should be filled with his own ways.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 16. - The tables were the work of God. Shaped, i.e., by the same power by which the commandments were inscribed upon them; not, necessarily, of matter newly created for the purpose.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the tables were the work of God,.... And not of angels or men; the stones were made and formed by God into the shape they were:

and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables; the letters in which the law was written were of his framing, devising, and engraving; and this was to show that this law was his own, and contained his mind and will; and to give the greater dignity and authority to it, and to deter men from breaking it.

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Moses Descends with the Tablets
15And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven on the tables. 17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

Exodus 31:18 When the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
Exodus 32:15 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
Exodus 32:17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, "There is the sound of war in the camp."
Exodus 34:1 The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.