Exodus 32:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 32:9

7 And the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt ^bhave corrupted themselves.

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.

15 And ^aMoses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.

16 Now the ^atablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 32:9

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord said to Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people;

Contemporary English Version
Moses, I have seen how stubborn these people are,

Darby English Version
And Jehovah said to Moses, I see this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

Good News Bible
I know how stubborn these people are.

King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

New American Standard Bible
The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people.

New International Version
"I have seen these people," the LORD said to Moses, "and they are a stiff-necked people.

New King James Version
And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they appear an obstinate people.

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people;

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `I have seen this people, and lo, it `is' a stiff-necked people;

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