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Exodus 32:22

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

KJV

Cui ille respondit : Ne indignetur dominus meus : tu enim nosti populum istum, quod pronus sit ad malum :

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἀαρὼν πρὸς Μωυσῆν Μὴ ὀργίζου, κύριε· σὺ γὰρ οἶδας τὸ ὅρμημα τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου.

LXX

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אַהֲרֹ֔ן אַל יִ֥חַר אַ֖ף אֲדֹנִ֑/י אַתָּה֙ יָדַ֣עְתָּ אֶת הָ/עָ֔ם כִּ֥י בְ/רָ֖ע הֽוּא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַהֲרֹ֖ן
'hrn
proper_noun · 339×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
י
y
noun · 328×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּֽחַר
ychr
verb · 89×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2577From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly after their apostasy that …

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:15 — And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
  • 1Sam 15:21 — But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
  • 1Sam 15:24 — And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
  • Deut 9:24 — Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
  • Exod 14:11 — And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
  • Exod 15:24 — And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
  • Exod 16:20 — Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
  • Gen 32:4 — And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
  • Gen 44:18 — Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
  • Prov 4:16 — For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
  • Prov 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
  • Ps 36:4 — He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.