You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
- BSB And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
- NKJV And you shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of this law.”
- NASB You shall write on the stones all the words of this Law very clearly.”
- NLT You must clearly write all these instructions on the stones coated with plaster.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Hab 2:2Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.
- John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
- 2 Cor 3:12Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
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