Exodus 32 · Verse 33

Exodus 32:33

And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Exodus 32:33, King James Version

Exodus 32:33 in other translations

BSBThe LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
WEBThe LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out of my book.
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Whoso hath sinned against Me--I blot him out of My book;
DARBYAnd Jehovah said to Moses, Whoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
BBEAnd the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has done evil against me will be taken out of my book.
WebsterAnd the LORD said to Moses, Whoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

What does Exodus 32:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 32:30-33

30-33. Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin--Moses labored to show the people the heinous nature of their sin, and to bring them to repentance. But not content with that, he hastened more earnestly to intercede for them.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out - As if the Divine Being had said: "All my conduct is regulated by infinite justice and righteousness: in no case shall the innocent ever suffer for the guilty. That no man may transgress through ignorance, I have given you my law, and thus published my covenant; the people themselves have acknowledged its justice and equity, and have voluntarily ratified it. He then that sins against me, (for sin is the transgression of the law, 1Jn 3:4, and the law must be published and known that it may be binding), him will I blot out of my book." And is it not remarkable that to these conditions of the covenant God strictly adhered, so that not one soul of these transgressors ever entered into the promised rest! Here was justice. And yet, though they deserved death, they were spared! Here was mercy. Thus, as far as justice would permit, mercy extended; and as far as mercy would permit, justice proceeded. Behold, O reader, the Goodness and Severity of God! Mercy saves all that Justice can spare; and Justice destroys all that Mercy should not save.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 32:30-35

Moses calls it a great sin. The work of ministers is to show people the greatness of their sins. The great evil of sin appears in the price of pardon. Moses pleads with God for mercy; he came not to make excuses, but to make atonement. We are not to suppose that Moses means that he would be willing to perish for ever, for the people's sake. We are to love our neighbour as ourselves, and not more than ourselves. But…

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Exodus 32:33 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.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
מִ֚יmiwho?H4310
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher[is [the] one] whoH834
חָֽטָא\־cha.ta'-he has sinnedH2398
לִ֔יLito <the> me
אֶמְחֶ֖נּוּ'em.Che.nuI will wipe out himH4229
מִסִּפְרִֽי\׃mi.sif.Rifrom book myH5612

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

Cross references for Exodus 32:33

  • Ezekiel 18:4

    Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  • Psalms 69:28

    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

  • Leviticus 23:30

    And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

  • Psalms 9:5

    Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

  • Philippians 4:3

    And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

  • Revelation 13:8

    And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  • Psalms 109:13-14

    Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sinned.
Le 23:30; Ps 69:28; Eze 18:4
my book.
Ps 109:13,14; Php 4:3; Re 13:8; 20:12

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Context

  • Exodus 32:32

    Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

  • Exodus 32:33

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

  • Exodus 32:34

    Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

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Exodus 32:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jehová respondió á Moisés: Al que pecare contra mí, á éste raeré yo de mi libro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel dit à Moïse: Celui qui aura péché contre moi, je l’effacerai de mon livre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Wer gegen mich gesündigt hat, den werde ich aus meinem Buche auslöschen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cui respondit Dominus: Qui peccaverit mihi, delebo eum de libro meo: