Exodus 32:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, this people have committed a great sin; they have made themselves gods of gold.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Moses{H4872} returned{H7725} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} Oh,{H577} this people{H5971} have sinned{H2398} a great{H1419} sin,{H2401} and have made{H6213} them gods{H430} of gold.{H2091}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Moses{H4872} returned{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Oh{H577}, this people{H5971} have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} a great{H1419} sin{H2401}, and have made{H6213}{(H8799)} them gods{H430} of gold{H2091}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And Moses went agayne vnto the Lorde and sayde: Oh, this people haue synned a great synne and haue made the a god of golde:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Now wha Moses came agayne vnto ye LORDE, he saide: Oh this people haue done a greate synne, & haue made them goddes of golde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Moses therefore went againe vnto ye Lord, and said, Oh, this people haue sinned a great sinne, and haue made them gods of golde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Moyses therefore went agayne vnto the Lorde, and sayde: Oh, this people haue sinned a great sinne, and haue made them gods of golde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, `Oh this people hath sinned a great sin, that they make to themselves a god of gold;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So Moses returned to the LORD and said,“Alas, this people has committed a very serious sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:23 : 23 You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.
  • Exod 32:30 : 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."
  • Exod 34:28 : 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
  • Deut 9:18-19 : 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.
  • Ezra 9:6-7 : 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass to this day; and because of our iniquities, we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
  • Ezra 9:15 : 15 O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we remain yet as escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our trespasses, for we cannot stand before You because of this.
  • Neh 9:33 : 33 However, You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have done right, but we have acted wickedly.
  • Dan 9:5 : 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments:
  • Dan 9:8 : 8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
  • Dan 9:11 : 11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even by departing, that they might not obey Your voice; therefore, the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
  • Exod 20:4 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 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."

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    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),

  • Exod 32:7-9
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Exod 32:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1 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."

    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."

  • 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.

  • 22 And Moses returned to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you mistreated this people? Why is it that you have sent me?

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    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?

    12 Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this evil against Your people.

  • 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,

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    32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written."

    33 The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, him I will blot out of My book.

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

  • Acts 7:40-41
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against you; pray to the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

  • 31 And Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.

  • 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.

  • 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

  • 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all crafted jewels.

  • 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.

  • Exod 34:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.

    9 And he said, "If now I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your inheritance."

  • 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.'

  • 27 And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

  • 11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 15 And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

  • 14 So the LORD relented from the evil which He thought to do to His people.

  • 4 And Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

  • 13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

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

  • 41 And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

  • 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.'

  • 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.