16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
16 God made the tablets and God wrote the tablets - engraved them.
16 Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.
16 These tablets were God's work; the words on them were written by God himself.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 32:16
Commentary on Exodus 32:15-20
(Read Exodus 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.