Exodus 32:9
And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Exodus 32:9 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. |
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| WEB | The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people. |
| ASV | And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: |
| YLT | And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘I have seen this people, and lo, it is a stiff-necked people; |
| DARBY | And Jehovah said to Moses, I see this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. |
| BBE | And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people. |
| Webster | And 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Exodus 32:9 in the original Hebrew
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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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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.
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: |
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| 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: |