Exodus 32 · Verse 22

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.
Exodus 32:22, King James Version

Exodus 32:22 in other translations

BSB“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
WEBAaron said, “Don’t let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
ASVAnd Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.
YLTand Aaron saith, ‘Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou--thou hast known the people that it is in evil;
DARBYAnd Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord burn! thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
BBEAnd Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.
WebsterAnd Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people that they are set on mischief.

What does Exodus 32:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot--Aaron cuts a poor figure, making a shuffling excuse and betraying more dread of the anger of Moses than of the Lord (compare De 9:20).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Thou knowest the people - He excuses himself by the wicked and seditious spirit of the people, intimating that he was obliged to accede to their desires.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 32:21-29

Never did any wise man make a more frivolous and foolish excuse than that of Aaron. We must never be drawn into sin by any thing man can say or do to us; for men can but tempt us to sin, they cannot force us. The approach of Moses turned the dancing into trembling. They were exposed to shame by their sin. The course Moses took to roll away this reproach, was, not by concealing the sin, or putting any false colour…

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Exodus 32:22 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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
אַל\־'al-may notH408
יִ֥חַרYi.charit burnH2734
אַ֖ף'af[the] anger ofH639
אֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.Nilord myH113
אַתָּה֙'a.TahyouH859
יָדַ֣עְתָּya.Da'.tayou knowH3045
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
בְרָ֖עve.Ra'[is] on evilH7451
הֽוּא\׃Hu'itH1931

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

Cross references for Exodus 32:22

  • Deuteronomy 9:24

    Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.

  • Exodus 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?

  • Exodus 15:24

    And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

  • 1 Samuel 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.

  • Psalms 36:4

    He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

  • Exodus 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.

  • Proverbs 4:16

    For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Exodus 16:28

    And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

  • Exodus 16:2-4

    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

  • Exodus 17:2-4

    Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

  • Deuteronomy 9:7

    Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 31:27

    For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?

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knowest.
14:11; 15:24; 16:2-4,20,28; 17:2-4; De 9:7,24
that they are.
De 31:27; 1Sa 15:24; Ps 36:4; Pr 4:16

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Context

  • Exodus 32:21

    And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

  • 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.

  • Exodus 32:23

    For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

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Exodus 32:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y respondió Aarón: No se enoje mi señor; tú conoces el pueblo, que es inclinado á mal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Aaron dit: Que la colère de mon seigneur ne s’embrase point; tu connais le peuple, qu’il est plongé dans le mal.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Aaron sprach: Es entbrenne nicht der Zorn meines Herrn! Du kennst das Volk, daß es im Argen ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cui ille respondit: Ne indignetur dominus meus: tu enim nosti populum istum, quod pronus sit ad malum: