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The Command to Leave Sinai

Exodus 33:4

In 11 translations

BSB
When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
KJV
¶ And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
WEB
When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.
ASV
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
LSV
And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none puts his ornaments on him.
YLT
And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him.
DBY
And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.
DRC
And the people hearing these very bad tidings, mourned: and no man put on his ornaments according to custom.
GNV
And when the people heard this euill tydings, they sorowed, and no man put on his best rayment.
JPS
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on him his ornaments.
LXXE
And the people having heard this grievous saying, mourned in mourning apparel.Gr. evil.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע הָעָ֗ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הָרָ֛ע הַזֶּ֖ה וַיִּתְאַבָּ֑לוּ וְלֹא־שָׁ֛תוּ אִ֥ישׁ עֶדְי֖וֹ עָלָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀκούσας ὁ λαὸς τὸ ῥῆμα τὸ πονηρὸν τοῦτο, κατεπένθησεν ἐν πενθικοῖς.

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  • Numbers 14:39And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
  • Leviticus 10:6Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your…
  • Ezekiel 26:16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.
  • Ezekiel 24:17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
  • Ezekiel 24:23Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
  • Numbers 14:1Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
  • Zechariah 7:5“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
  • Job 1:20Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
  • Isaiah 32:11Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
  • 2 Samuel 19:24Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
  • 2 Kings 19:1On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
  • Zechariah 7:3by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
  • Jonah 3:6When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
  • Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
  • Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
  • Esther 4:1–4When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. But he went only as far as the king’s gate,…

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