Exodus 32 · Verse 9

Exodus 32:9

And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Exodus 32:9, King James Version

Exodus 32:9 in other translations

BSBThe LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
WEBThe LORD said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘I have seen this people, and lo, it is a stiff-necked people;
DARBYAnd Jehovah said to Moses, I see this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
BBEAnd the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.
WebsterAnd the LORD said to Moses, I have seen this people, and behold it is a stiff-necked people:

What does Exodus 32:9 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 9 A stiff-necked people - Probably an allusion to the stiff-necked ox, the object of their worship.

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 32:9 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
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiI have seenH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
עַם\־'am-[is] a peopleH5971
קְשֵׁה\־ke.sheh-stiff ofH7186
עֹ֖רֶף'O.refneckH6203
הֽוּא\׃Hu'itH1931

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

Cross references for Exodus 32:9

  • Acts 7:51

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

  • Isaiah 48:4

    Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

  • Deuteronomy 9:13

    Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

  • Exodus 33:3

    Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

  • Exodus 33:5

    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.

  • Exodus 34:9

    And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:8

    Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

  • 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?

  • Deuteronomy 9:6

    Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

  • Nehemiah 9:17

    And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

  • Proverbs 29:1

    He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Deuteronomy 10:16

    Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have seen.
De 9:13; Jer 13:27; Ho 6:10
a stiff-necked.
33:3,5; 34:9; De 9:6,13; 10:16; 31:27; 2Ch 30:8; Ne 9:17; Ps 78:8
Pr 29:1; Isa 48:4; Zec 7:11,12; Ac 7:51

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

Context

  • Exodus 32:8

    They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 32:9

    And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

  • 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.

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Exodus 32:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Dijo más Jehová á Moisés: Yo he visto á este pueblo, que por cierto es pueblo de dura cerviz:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel dit à Moïse: J’ai vu ce peuple, et voici, c’est un peuple de cou roide.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Ich habe dieses Volk gesehen, und siehe, es ist ein hartnäckiges Volk;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Rursumque ait Dominus ad Moysen: Cerno quod populus iste duræ cervicis sit: