Exodus 32:8
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 thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
KJV
Recesserunt cito de via, quam ostendisti eis : feceruntque sibi vitulum conflatilem, et adoraverunt, atque immolantes ei hostias, dixerunt : Isti sunt dii tui Israël, qui te eduxerunt de terra Ægypti.
Vulgate
παρέβησαν ταχὺ ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἧς ἐνετείλω αὐτοῖς· ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς μόσχον, καὶ προσκεκυνήκασιν αὐτῷ καὶ εἶπαν
LXX
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.
ASV
סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן הַ/דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔/ם עָשׂ֣וּ לָ/הֶ֔ם עֵ֖גֶל מַסֵּכָ֑ה וַ/יִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ ל/וֹ֙ וַ/יִּזְבְּחוּ ל֔/וֹ וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵ֤לֶּה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶֽעֱל֖וּ/ךָ מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 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
- 1Kgs 12:28 — Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and 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 Egyp
- 1Kgs 12:28 — Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and 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 Egyp
- Deut 9:16 — And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
- Exod 20:3 — Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- Exod 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 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 — Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
- Exod 22:20 — He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
- Exod 32:4 — And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
- Exod 34:17 — Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
- Isa 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- Judg 2:17 — And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying th
- Lev 17:7 — And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
- Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.