Exodus 32:31 “So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these pe…”

Exodus 32:31

So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

World English Bible

Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.

American Standard Version

And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moses therefore went againe vnto ye Lord, and said, Oh, this people haue sinned a great sinne, and haue made them gods of golde.

Darby Translation

And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Alas, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made themselves a god of gold!

Young's Literal Translation

And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, 'Oh this people hath sinned a great sin, that they make to themselves a god of gold;

Bible in Basic English

Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;

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Cross references

“returned”

Exodus 34:28 Deuteronomy 9:18 Deuteronomy 9:19

Exodus 34:28 · BSB

So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

Deuteronomy 9:18 · BSB

Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD…

Deuteronomy 9:19 · BSB

For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.

“sinned”

Exodus 32:30 Daniel 9:8 Daniel 9:11 Ezra 9:15 Nehemiah 9:33 Daniel 9:5

Exodus 32:30 · BSB

The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

Daniel 9:8 · BSB

O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

Daniel 9:11 · BSB

All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.

Ezra 9:15 · BSB

O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”

Nehemiah 9:33 · BSB

You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

Daniel 9:5 · BSB

we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

“made”

Exodus 20:23 Exodus 20:4

Exodus 20:23 · BSB

You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

Exodus 20:4 · BSB

You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

32Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

Read Exodus 32