Exodus 32:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 32:10

8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which ^aI commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ^b‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”

9 And the Lord said to Moses, ^a“I have seen this people, and indeed it is a¹ stiff-necked people!

10 Now therefore, ^alet Me alone, that ^bMy wrath may burn hot against them and I may¹ consume them. And ^cI will make of you a great nation.”

11 ^aThen Moses pleaded with¹ the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

12 ^aWhy should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and ^brelent from this harm to Your people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You ^aswore by Your own self, and said to them, ^b‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”

14 So the Lord ^arelented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 32:10

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American Standard Version
now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

Amplified® Bible
Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and that I may destroy them; but I will make of you a great nation.

Contemporary English Version
and I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't try to stop me. But I will make your descendants into a great nation.

Darby English Version
And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.

Good News Bible
Now, don't try to stop me. I am angry with them, and I am going to destroy them. Then I will make you and your descendants into a great nation."

King James Version
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

New American Standard Bible
"Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation."

New International Version
Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."

New King James Version
Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation."

Revised Standard Version
now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; but of you I will make a great nation."

Young's Literal Translation
and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.'

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