Exodus 32 · Verse 14

Exodus 32:14

And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Exodus 32:14, King James Version

Exodus 32:14 in other translations

BSBSo the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
WEBSo the LORD turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
ASVAnd Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
YLTand Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people.
DARBYAnd Jehovah repented of the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
BBESo the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.
WebsterAnd the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

What does Exodus 32:14 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 And the Lord repented of the evil - This is spoken merely after the manner of men who, having formed a purpose, permit themselves to be diverted from it by strong and forcible reasons, and so change their minds relative to their former intentions.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 32:14 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.

וַיִּנָּ֖חֶםvai.yi.Na.chemand he relentedH5162
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָ֣רָעָ֔הha.ra.'Ahthe harmH7451
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
דִּבֶּ֖רdi.Berhe had spokenH1696
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213
לְעַמּֽוֹ\׃\ \פle.'a.Moto people hisH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 32:14

  • Jonah 3:10

    And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

  • Jeremiah 26:13

    Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

  • Psalms 106:45

    And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:15

    And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • Jeremiah 18:8

    If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

  • 2 Samuel 24:16

    And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Jonah 4:2

    And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

  • Joel 2:13

    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  • Jeremiah 26:19

    Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

  • Deuteronomy 32:26

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 32:26; 2Sa 24:16; 1Ch 21:15; Ps 106:45; Jer 18:8; 26:13,19
Joe 2:13; Jon 3:10; 4:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 32:13

    Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

  • Exodus 32:14

    And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

  • Exodus 32:15

    And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

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Exodus 32:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Jehová se arrepintió del mal que dijo que había de hacer á su pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel se repentit du mal qu’il avait dit qu’il ferait à son peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es gereute Jehova des Übels, wovon er geredet hatte, daß er es seinem Volke tun werde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Placatusque est Dominus ne faceret malum quod locutus fuerat adversus populum suum.