Deuteronomy 9 · Verse 12

Deuteronomy 9:12

And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Deuteronomy 9:12, King James Version

Deuteronomy 9:12 in other translations

BSBAnd the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”
WEBThe LORD said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned away from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves!”
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
YLTand Jehovah saith unto me, Rise, go down, hasten from this, for thy people hath done corruptly, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt; they have turned aside hastily out of the way which I have commanded them--they have made to themselves a molten thing!
DARBYAnd Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them: they have made for themselves a molten image.
BBEAnd the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image.
WebsterAnd the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

What does Deuteronomy 9:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:12-29
12-29. Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people ... have corrupted themselves--With a view to humble them effectually, Moses proceeds to particularize some of the most atrocious instances of their infidelity. He begins with the impiety of the golden calf--an impiety which, while their miraculous emancipation from Egypt, the most stupendous displays of the Divine Majesty that were exhibited on the adjoining mount, and the recent ratification of the covenant by which they engaged to act as the people of God, were fresh in memory, indicated a degree of inconstancy or debasement almost incredible.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Thy people - have corrupted themselves - Debased themselves by making and worshipping an Egyptian idol. See on Exodus 32 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:7-29

That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath…

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 9:7-29 →

Deuteronomy 9:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413
ק֣וּםkumariseH6965
רֵ֤דredgo downH3381
מַהֵר֙ma.HerquicklyH4118
מִזֶּ֔הmi.Zehfrom hereH2088
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
שִׁחֵ֣תshi.Chetit has acted corruptlyH7843
עַמְּךָ֔'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
הוֹצֵ֖אתָho.Tze.tayou brought outH3318
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714
סָ֣רוּSa.ruthey have turned asideH5493
מַהֵ֗רma.HerquicklyH4118
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhthe wayH1870
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
צִוִּיתִ֔םtzi.vi.TimI commanded themH6680
עָשׂ֥וּ'a.Suthey have madeH6213
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemfor <the> themselves
מַסֵּכָֽה\׃ma.se.Khaha molten imageH4541

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 9:12

  • Exodus 32:7-8

    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: 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.

  • Judges 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 the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

  • Deuteronomy 31:29

    For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

  • Galatians 1:6

    I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

  • Hosea 6:4

    O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

  • Deuteronomy 32:5

    They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

  • Psalms 78:57

    But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

  • Deuteronomy 4:16

    Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

  • Genesis 6:11-12

    The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

  • Deuteronomy 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.

  • Jude 1:10

    But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Arise.
Ex 32:7,8
corrupted.
4:16; 31:29; 32:5; Ge 6:11,12; Jude 1:10
are quickly.
16; Jud 2:17; Ps 78:57; Ho 6:4; Ga 1:6

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 9:11

    And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

  • Deuteronomy 9:12

    And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

  • Deuteronomy 9:13

    Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

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Deuteronomy 9:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y díjome Jehová: Levántate, desciende presto de aquí; que tu pueblo que sacaste de Egipto se ha corrompido: pronto se han apartado del camino que yo les mandé: hanse hecho una efigie de fundición.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et l’ Éternel me dit: Lève-toi, descends promptement d’ici, car ton peuple, que tu as fait sortir d’Égypte, s’est corrompu; ils se sont vite détournés du chemin que je leur avais commandé, ils se sont fait une image de fonte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova sprach zu mir: Mache dich auf, steige eilends von hier hinab! denn dein Volk, das du aus Ägypten herausgeführt hast, hat sich verderbt. Sie sind schnell von dem Wege abgewichen, den ich ihnen geboten habe; sie haben sich ein gegossenes Bild gemacht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
dixitque mihi: Surge, et descende hinc cito: quia populus tuus, quem eduxisti de Ægypto, deseruerunt velociter viam, quam demonstrasti eis, feceruntque sibi conflatile.