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The Golden Calf

Exodus 32:9

In 10 translations

BSB
The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
WEB
Yahweh 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:
LSV
And YHWH says to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it [is] a stiff-necked people;
YLT
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'I have seen this people, and lo, it [is] a stiff-necked people;
DBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, I see this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
DRC
And again the Lord said to Moses: See that this people is stiffnecked:
GNV
Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stiffe necked people.
JPS
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה רָאִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֖רֶף הֽוּא׃

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👤 God👤 Moses◆ Tabernacle Built

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  • Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
  • Deuteronomy 9:13The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
  • Exodus 33:3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
  • Exodus 34:9“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
  • Exodus 33:5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
  • Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
  • 2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
  • Deuteronomy 9:6Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
  • Zechariah 7:11–12But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had…
  • Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
  • Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
  • Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
  • Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and…
  • Hosea 6:10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
  • Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

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