Exodus 34 · Verse 8

Exodus 34:8

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Exodus 34:8, King James Version

Exodus 34:8 in other translations

BSBMoses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
WEBMoses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
ASVAnd Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
YLTAnd Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth, and doth obeisance,
DARBYAnd Moses made haste, and bowed his head to the earth and worshipped,
BBEThen Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.
WebsterAnd Moses made haste, and bowed his head towards the earth, and worshiped.

What does Exodus 34:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:8-26
8-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 34:5-9

The Lord descended by some open token of his presence and manifestation of his glory in a cloud, and thence proclaimed his NAME; that is, the perfections and character which are denoted by the name JEHOVAH. The Lord God is merciful; ready to forgive the sinner, and to relieve the needy. Gracious; kind, and ready to bestow undeserved benefits. Long-suffering; slow to anger, giving time for repentance, only punishing…

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Exodus 34:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְמַהֵ֖רvay.ma.Herand he hurriedH4116
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וַיִּקֹּ֥דvai.yi.Kodand he bowed lowH6915
אַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzah[the] ground towardsH776
וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ\׃vai.yish.Ta.chuand he bowed downH7812

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

Cross references for Exodus 34:8

  • Exodus 4:31

    And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:18

    And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.

  • Genesis 17:3

    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:31; Ge 17:3; 2Ch 20:18

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Context

  • Exodus 34:7

    Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

  • Exodus 34:8

    And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

  • 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.

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Exodus 34:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Moisés, apresurándose, bajó la cabeza hacia el suelo y encorvóse;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse se hâta, et s’inclina jusqu’à terre, et se prosterna,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose neigte sich eilends zur Erde und betete an
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Festinusque Moyses, curvatus est pronus in terram, et adorans