Exodus 32 · Verse 11

Exodus 32:11

And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Exodus 32:11, King James Version

Exodus 32:11 in other translations

BSBBut Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
WEBMoses begged the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
ASVAnd Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
YLTAnd Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, ‘Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
DARBYAnd Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Why, Jehovah, doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
BBEBut Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?
WebsterAnd Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth from the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?

What does Exodus 32:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 32:7-14

7-14. the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down--Intelligence of the idolatrous scene enacted at the foot of the mount was communicated to Moses in language borrowed from human passions and feelings, and the judgment of a justly offended God was pronounced in terms of just indignation against the gross violation of the so recently promulgated laws.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 32:7-14

God says to Moses, that the Israelites had corrupted themselves. Sin is the corruption of the sinner, and it is a self-corruption; every man is tempted when he is drawn aside of his own lust. They had turned aside out of the way. Sin is a departing from the way of duty into a by-path. They soon forgot God's works. He sees what they cannot discover, nor is any wickedness of the world hid from him. We could not bear…

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Exodus 32:11 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.

וַיְחַ֣לvay.Chaland he entreatedH2470
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פְּנֵ֖יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavGod hisH430
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לָמָ֤הla.Mah<to> why?H4100
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehO YahwehH3068
יֶחֱרֶ֤הye.che.Rehdoes it burnH2734
אַפְּךָ֙'a.pe.Khaanger yourH639
בְּעַמֶּ֔ךָbe.'a.Me.khaon people yourH5971
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
הוֹצֵ֙אתָ֙ho.Tze.tayou brought outH3318
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
בְּכֹ֥חַbe.Kho.achwith powerH3581
גָּד֖וֹלga.DolgreatH1419
וּבְיָ֥דu.ve.Yadand by a handH3027
חֲזָקָֽה\׃cha.za.KahstrongH2389

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Cross references for Exodus 32:11

  • Deuteronomy 9:18-20

    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 ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also. And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

  • Deuteronomy 9:26-29

    I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

  • Psalms 106:23

    Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

  • Numbers 16:22

    And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

  • Numbers 11:11

    And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

  • Psalms 74:1-2

    Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

  • Isaiah 63:17

    O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

  • Jeremiah 12:1-2

    Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

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besought.
De 9:18-20,26-29; Ps 106:23
the Lord his God. Heb. the face of the Lord. why doth.
Nu 11:11; 16:22; De 9:18-20; Ps 74:1,2; Isa 63:17; Jer 12:1,2
which thou.
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Context

  • Exodus 32:10

    Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

  • Exodus 32:11

    And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

  • Exodus 32:12

    Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

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Exodus 32:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Moisés oró á la faz de Jehová su Dios, y dijo: Oh Jehová, ¿por qué se encenderá tu furor en tu pueblo, que tú sacaste de la tierra de Egipto con gran fortaleza, y con mano fuerte?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse implora l’ Éternel, son Dieu, et dit: Pourquoi, ô Éternel, ta colère s’embraserait-elle contre ton peuple, que tu as fait sortir du pays d’Égypte, avec grande puissance et à main forte?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose flehte zu Jehova, seinem Gott, und sprach: Warum, Jehova, sollte dein Zorn entbrennen wider dein Volk, das du aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgeführt hast mit großer Kraft und mit starker Hand?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Moyses autem orabat Dominum Deum suum, dicens: Cur, Domine, irascitur furor tuus contra populum tuum, quem eduxisti de terra Ægypti, in fortitudine magna, et in manu robusta?