Exodus 32:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה לֶךְ־רֵ֕ד כִּ֚י שִׁחֵ֣ת עַמְּךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֱלֵ֖יתָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And wayədabbēr YHWH to Mōšeh, Go rēd for šiḥēt your ʿamməkā whom heʿĕlêtā from ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim.

Grammar Details

• *wayədabbēr*: Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he spoke
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *rēd*: Qal imperative masculine singular - go down
• *šiḥēt*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - corrupted/ruined
• *ʿamməkā*: noun masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your people
• *heʿĕlêtā*: Hiphil perfect 2nd masculine singular - you brought up

Word Meanings

• *šiḥēt*: corrupted/ruined/destroyed/acted corruptly

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} Go,{H3212} get thee down;{H3381} for thy people,{H5971} that thou broughtest{H5927} up out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} have corrupted{H7843} themselves:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the LORD{H3068} said{H1696}{(H8762)} unto Moses{H4872}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, get thee down{H3381}{(H8798)}; for thy people{H5971}, which thou broughtest{H5927}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, have corrupted{H7843}{(H8765)} themselves:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Than the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: go get the doune, for thi people which thou broughtest out of the lade of Egipte,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Go get the downe, for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the londe of Egipte,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go, get thee downe: for thy people which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath corrupted their wayes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lord sayd vnto Moyses: Go get thee downe, thy people which thou broughtest out of the lande of Egypt, hath marred all.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted [themselves]:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go, descend, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt hath done corruptly,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt, are turned to evil ways;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD spoke to Moses:“Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 9:12 : 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.
• 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?
• Gen 6:11-12 : 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
• Judg 2:19 : 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and to bow down to them; they did not cease from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
• Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• Exod 19:24 : 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.
• Exod 32:1 : 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."
• Exod 32:4 : 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."
• Exod 33:1 : 1 And the LORD said to Moses, Depart, and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'To your descendants will I give it:'
• Deut 4:16 : 16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves a carved image, the likeness of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
• Deut 32:5 : 5 They have corrupted themselves, their blemish is not the blemish of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.