The Golden Calf
Exodus 32:25
In 11 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.Or and become an object of derision
- KJV
- ¶ And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)their enemies: Heb. those that rose up against them
- 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,)
- LSV
- And Moses sees the people, that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron has made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,
- YLT
- And Moses seeth the people that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,
- DBY
- And Moses saw the people how they were stripped; for Aaron had stripped them to [their] shame before their adversaries.
- DRC
- And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies,)
- GNV
- Moses therefore sawe that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked vnto their shame among their enemies)
- JPS
- And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose — for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies —
- LXXE
- And when Moses saw that the people was scattered,—for Aaron had scattered them so as to be a rejoicing to their enemies,—
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיַּ֤רְא מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם כִּ֥י פָרֻ֖עַ ה֑וּא כִּֽי־פְרָעֹ֣ה אַהֲרֹ֔ן לְשִׁמְצָ֖ה בְּקָמֵיהֶֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἰδὼν Μωυσῆς τὸν λαὸν ὅτι διεσκέδασται· (διεσκέδασε γὰρ αὐτοὺς Ἀαρών ἐπίχαρμα τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις αὐτῶν)
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- Isaiah 47:3Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
- Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
- Micah 1:11Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
- Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Hosea 2:3Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
- Deuteronomy 9:20The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.
- Exodus 33:4–6When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry. For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for…
- 2 Chronicles 28:19For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
- Genesis 3:10“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- Revelation 3:17–18You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich,…
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