Exodus 32:25
And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Exodus 32:25 in other translations
| BSB | Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies. |
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| WEB | When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies), |
| ASV | And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,) |
| YLT | And Moses seeth the people that it is unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders, |
| DARBY | And Moses saw the people how they were stripped; for Aaron had stripped them to their shame before their adversaries. |
| BBE | And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters: |
| Webster | And when Moses saw that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked to their shame, among their enemies:) |
What does Exodus 32:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Exodus 32:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 32:25
- Isaiah 47:3
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
- Micah 1:11
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth–ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
- Revelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
- Hosea 2:3
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
- Ezekiel 16:63
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
- Romans 6:21
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
- Deuteronomy 9:20
And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
- Exodus 33:4-6
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
- 2 Chronicles 28:19
For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.
- Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
- Revelation 3:17-18
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
33:4-6; Ge 3:10; Isa 47:3; Ho 2:3; Mic 1:11; Re 3:17,18; 16:15
Aaron.
De 9:20; 2Ch 28:19
shame.
Eze 16:63; Da 12:2; Ro 6:21
their enemies. Heb. those that rose up against them.
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Context
- Exodus 32:24
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
- Exodus 32:25
And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
- Exodus 32:26
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
Exodus 32:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y viendo Moisés que el pueblo estaba despojado, porque Aarón lo había despojado para vergüenza entre sus enemigos, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse vit que le peuple était dans le désordre; car Aaron l’avait livré au désordre, pour leur honte parmi leurs adversaires. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mose sah das Volk, daß es zügellos war; denn Aaron hatte es zügellos gemacht, zum Gespött unter ihren Widersachern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Videns ergo Moyses populum quod esset nudatus (spoliaverat enim eum Aaron propter ignominiam sordis, et inter hostes nudum constituerat), |