What is graven on a stone isn't written for no reason.
Source: tatoeba (2908246)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
6 translations across 3 languages.
11 total sentences available.
What is graven on a stone isn't written for no reason.
Source: tatoeba (2908246)
And forth they bring the broidered tapestry, / with purple dyed and wrought full cunningly. / The tables groan with silver; there are told / the deeds of prowess for the gazer's eye, / a long, long series, of their sires of old, / traced from the nation's birth, and graven in the gold.
Source: tatoeba (6798052)
Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.
Source: tatoeba (8084685)
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth.
Source: tatoeba (10192996)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.