Exodus 32:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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 unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ם עָשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם עֵ֖גֶל מַסֵּכָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־לוֹ֙ וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־ל֔וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵ֤לֶּה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֽ͏ֶעֱל֖וּךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

They sārû mahēr from the hadderek which ṣiwwîtim, they ʿāśû for themselves ʿēgel massēkāh and wayyištaḥăwû to it and wayyizbəḥû to it, and wayyōmərû, These your ʾĕlōheykā Yiśrāʾēl, who heʿĕlūkā from ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim.

Grammar Details

*sārû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they turned aside
*mahēr*: adverb - quickly
*hadderek*: definite noun, masculine singular - the way
*ṣiwwîtim*: Piel perfect 1st common singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - I commanded them
*ʿāśû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they made
*ʿēgel*: noun, masculine singular - calf
*massēkāh*: noun, feminine singular - molten image/cast idol
*wayyištaḥăwû*: Hishtaphel imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they bowed down
*wayyizbəḥû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they sacrificed
*wayyōmərû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they said
*ʾĕlōheykā*: noun masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your gods/God
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*heʿĕlūkā*: Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - they brought you up

Word Meanings

*sārû*: turned aside/departed/deviated
*massēkāh*: molten image/cast idol/molten metal
*ʾĕlōheykā*: your gods/your God/your divine beings

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Referenced Verses

Exod 20:3-4 : 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor 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:
Exod 20:23 : 23 Ye shall not make [other gods] with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.
1 Kgs 12:28 : 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he 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.
Deut 9:16 : 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.
Judg 2:17 : 17 And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; [but] they did not so.
Exod 22:20 : 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed.
Exod 32:4 : 4 And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 32:1-4
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1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 9:12
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12And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
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18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Exod 32:7
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7And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Exod 32:23-25
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23For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
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Deut 9:16
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16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.
Acts 7:39-42
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39to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,
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Ps 106:19-20
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Exod 32:19-21
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1 Kgs 12:28
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2 Kgs 17:16
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2 Kgs 17:12
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Exod 33:5
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5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
Hos 11:2
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1 Kgs 9:9
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Jer 11:10
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Deut 31:20
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Lev 19:4
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Deut 29:25-26
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