Exodus 32:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Arise, make us gods to go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Get up, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of 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 wot not what is become of him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the people{H5971} saw{H7200} that Moses{H4872} delayed{H954} to come down{H3381} from the mount,{H2022} the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H6950} unto Aaron,{H175} and said{H559} unto him, Up,{H6965} make{H6213} us gods,{H430} which shall go{H3212} before{H6440} us; for as for this Moses,{H4872} the man{H376} that brought{H5927} us up out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} we know{H3045} not what is become of him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the people{H5971} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that Moses{H4872} delayed{H954}{(H8765)} to come down{H3381}{(H8800)} out of the mount{H2022}, the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H6950}{(H8735)} unto Aaron{H175}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Up{H6965}{(H8798)}, make{H6213}{(H8798)} us gods{H430}, which shall go{H3212}{(H8799)} before{H6440} us; for as for this Moses{H4872}, the man{H376} that brought{H5927}{(H8689)} us up out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, we wot{H3045}{(H8804)} not what is become of him.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And when the people sawe that it was loge or Moses came doune out of the mountayne, they gathered them selues together ad came vnto Aaron and sayde vnto him: Vp ad make vs a god to goo before vs: for of this Moses the felowe that brought vs out of the londe off Egipte, we wote not what ys become.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But whan the people sawe that Moses made loge taryenge to come downe fro the mount, they gathered the together agaynst Aaron, & sayde vnto him: Vp, and make vs goddes, to go before vs, for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses, that brought vs out of Egipte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Bvt when the people sawe, that Moses taryed long or he came downe from the mountaine, the people gathered themselues together against Aaron, and sayde vnto him, Vp, make vs gods to goe before vs: for of this Moses (the man that brought vs out of the land of Egypt) we knowe not what is become of him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when ye people sawe that it was log or Moyses came downe out of the mountaine, they gathered them selues together vnto Aaron, and sayd vnto hym, Up, make vs Gods to go before vs: for we wote not what is become of this Moyses, the man that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of 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 wot not what is become of him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, `Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Sin of the Golden Calf When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him,“Get up, make us gods that will go before us. As for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 24:18 : 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  • Acts 7:40 : 40 Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, I neither ate bread nor drank water:
  • Exod 32:7 : 7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once; for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
  • Exod 13:21 : 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
  • Exod 14:11 : 11 And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt with us in this way, to bring us out of Egypt?
  • Exod 16:3 : 3 And the children of Israel said to them, If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, and when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
  • Exod 20:3-5 : 3 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
  • Gen 19:14 : 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Get up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one who mocked.
  • Gen 21:26 : 26 And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.
  • Gen 39:8 : 8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not concern himself with what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my care;
  • Gen 44:4 : 4 And when they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?
  • Gen 44:15 : 15 And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?
  • Exod 32:11 : 11 Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
  • Exod 33:3 : 3 To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in your midst; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you on the way.
  • Exod 33:14-15 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. 15 And he said to him, If your presence does not go with me, do not carry us up from here.
  • Deut 4:15-18 : 15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves a carved image, the likeness of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
  • Deut 9:11-12 : 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant. 12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people which you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image.
  • Josh 7:13 : 13 Get up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of you, O Israel: you cannot stand before your enemies, until you take away the accursed thing from among you.
  • Hos 12:13 : 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
  • Mic 6:4 : 4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and man's design.
  • Acts 19:26 : 26 Moreover, you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands;
  • Matt 24:43 : 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
  • Matt 24:48 : 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming,

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 91%

    19 As soon as he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

    20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.

    21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"

    22 Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are bent on mischief.

    23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

    24 And I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out."

    25 When Moses saw that the people were unrestrained (for Aaron had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies),

  • Acts 7:39-41
    3 verses
    90%

    39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

    40 Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

    41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

  • Exod 32:2-5
    4 verses
    82%

    2 Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden earrings that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

    3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

    4 He received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

    5 When Aaron saw it, he built an altar in front of it, and proclaimed, "Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD."

  • Exod 32:7-9
    3 verses
    81%

    7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once; for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

    8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a molten calf, have worshiped it, have sacrificed to it, and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"

    9 The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people.

  • 78%

    30 It came to pass on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."

    31 Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made gods of gold for themselves.

  • 12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people which you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image.

  • 18 Even when they made a molten calf for themselves, and said, 'This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt,' and committed great provocations,

  • 35 The LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

  • 5 For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into your midst in a moment and consume you: therefore now take off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.'

  • 14 And he said to the elders, Wait here for us until we come again to you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man has any matters to do, let him come to them.

  • 71%

    18 And all the people saw the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

    19 Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’

  • 16 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

  • 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.

  • 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, the gods of the people that were around them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

  • 16 And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made for yourselves a molten calf: you had quickly turned aside out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

  • Exod 4:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

    30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

  • Num 14:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 And they said to one another, Let us choose a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

    5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

  • 21 And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • 11 And Aaron said to Moses, 'Alas, my lord, I beseech you, do not lay the sin upon us, wherein we have acted foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.'

  • 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?

  • 9 And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD, for he has heard your complaints.

  • 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.

  • 24 And the LORD said to him, Away, get down, and you shall come up, you and Aaron with you, but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break out against them.

  • 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.

  • 17 You shall make no molten gods for yourself.

  • 11 And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt with us in this way, to bring us out of Egypt?

  • 20 Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?

  • 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.

  • 25 And Moses said, You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.