Exodus 32:8
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They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
In other translations
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
Hebrew words
סָרוּsaruthey have turned asideH5493מַהֵרmaherquicklyH4118מִן־min-fromH4480הַדֶּרֶךְhaderekhthe wayH1870אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834צִוִּיתִםtzivitimI commanded themH6680עָשׂוּ'asuthey have madeH6213לָהֶםlahemfor <the> themselvesעֵגֶל'egela calf ofH5695מַסֵּכָהmasekhahmolten metalH4541וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־vaiyishtachavu-and they have bowed downH7812לוֹloto <the> itוַיִּזְבְּחוּ־vaiyizbechu-and they have sacrificedH2076לוֹloto <the> itוַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they have saidH559אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikha[are] gods yourH430יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elO IsraelH3478אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834הֶעֱלוּךָhe'elukhathey brought up youH5927מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom [the] land ofH776מִצְרָיִם׃mitzrayimEgyptH4714
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
- Exodus 20:3-43 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:3 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- 1 Kings 12:28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
- Deuteronomy 9:16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.
- Judges 2:17And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
- Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
- Exodus 32:4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
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People and places
People: Jacob
Places: Egypt