Exodus 34:9 ““O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lor…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go among us, even though this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

American Standard Version

And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

Geneva Bible 1599

And sayde, O Lord, I pray thee, If I haue founde grace in thy sight, that the Lord woulde nowe goe with vs (for it is a stiffe necked people) and pardon our iniquitie and our sinne, and take vs for thine inheritance.

Darby Translation

and said, If indeed I have found grace in thine eyes, Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in our midst; for it is a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for an inheritance!

Young's Literal Translation

and saith, 'If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, O my Lord, let my Lord, I pray Thee, go in our midst (for it [is] a stiff-necked people), and thou hast forgiven our iniquity and our sin, and hast inherited us.'

Bible in Basic English

And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.

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Cross references

“If now”

Exodus 33:13 Exodus 33:17

Exodus 33:13 · BSB

Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”

Exodus 33:17 · BSB

So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

“let my Lord”

Matthew 28:20 Exodus 33:14–16

Matthew 28:20 · BSB

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Exodus 33:14–16 · BSB

And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

“stiff-necked”

Exodus 32:9 Isaiah 48:4 Exodus 33:3–5

Exodus 32:9 · BSB

The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

Isaiah 48:4 · BSB

For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

Exodus 33:3–5 · BSB

Go 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.”

“pardon”

Numbers 14:19 Psalm 25:11

Numbers 14:19 · BSB

Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

Psalm 25:11 · BSB

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

“take us”

Psalm 33:12 Deuteronomy 32:9 Psalm 94:14 Psalm 28:9 Psalm 135:4 Jeremiah 10:16

Psalm 33:12 · BSB

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

Deuteronomy 32:9 · BSB

But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

Psalm 94:14 · BSB

For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.

Psalm 28:9 · BSB

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

Psalm 135:4 · BSB

For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

Jeremiah 10:16 · BSB

The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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

In context

8Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.

10And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.

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