Exodus 32:22

To whom he answered, My lord, be not thou wroth, (or My lord, do not thou be angry), for thou knowest this people, that it is inclined, either ready, to evil;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

In Context

21And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people to thee, that thou hast brought in on them the greatest sin? (And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people do to thee, so that thou hast brought in on them this very great sin?)

23they said to me, Make thou gods to us, that shall go before us, for we wot not, what hath befallen to this Moses, that led us out of the land of Egypt. (they said to me, Make thou gods for us, that shall go before us, for we know not, what hath befallen this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt.)

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Cross References

Genesis 44:18Soothly Judah nighed near, and said trustily (or and plaintively said), My lord, I pray thee, (let) thy servant speak a word in thine ears, and be thou not wroth to thy servant; for after Pharaoh thou art my lord.

Exodus 15:24And the people grouched against Moses (or And the people grumbled against Moses), and said, What shall we drink?

Exodus 16:20which heard not him, but some of them left thereof till to the morrowtide, and it began to boil with worms, and it was rotten; and Moses was wroth against them. (but some of them did not listen to him, and saved some of it for the next day, and it began to boil with worms, and it was rotten; and Moses was angry at them.)

Exodus 17:2Which people chided against Moses, and said, Give water to us, that we drink. To whom Moses answered, What chide ye against me, and why tempt ye the Lord? (And the people complained to Moses, and said, Give us some water to drink. To whom Moses answered, Why do ye complain to me, and why do ye tempt the Lord?)

Deuteronomy 9:7Have thou (in) mind, and forget not, (or Remember, and do not forget), how in the wilderness thou stirredest thy Lord God to great wrath; (and) from that day in which thou wentest out of Egypt till to this place, thou hast striven ever [more] against the Lord.

Deuteronomy 31:27For I know thy striving, and thy most hard noll; yet while I lived and entered with you, ye did ever [more] strivingly against the Lord; how much more when I shall be dead. (For I know thy defiance, or thy rebellious nature, and thy stiff neck or and thy stubbornness; yet while I lived and went with you, ye often defied the Lord; so then how much more, after that I am dead?)

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:22-30

Moses Reproves Aaron; Destruction of the Idolaters. ( b. c. 1491.) 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold,… Read the whole commentary →

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