Exodus 32:12
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Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
In other translations
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
Hebrew words
לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100יֹאמְרוּyomeruwill they sayH559מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4713לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559בְּרָעָהbera'ahwith evilH7451הוֹצִיאָםhotzi'amhe brought out themH3318לַהֲרֹגlaharogto killH2026אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853בֶּהָרִיםbeharimin the mountainsH2022וּלְכַלֹּתָםulekhalotamand to make an end of themH3615מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] surface ofH6440הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe groundH127שׁוּבshuvturnH7725מֵחֲרוֹןmecharonfrom [the] burning ofH2740אַפֶּךָ'apekhaanger yourH639וְהִנָּחֵםvehinachemand relentH5162עַל־'al-onH5921הָרָעָהhara'ahthe harmH7451לְעַמֶּךָ׃le'amekhato people yourH5971
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Related verses
- Numbers 14:13-1613 And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.13 But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. 15 If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, 16 ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
- Deuteronomy 9:28Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
- Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Exodus 32:14And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
- Psalm 90:13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
- Psalm 106:45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- Ezekiel 20:14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- Amos 7:6The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
- Deuteronomy 32:26-2726 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.26 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, 27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
- Psalm 85:3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
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