Exodus 32:9

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'I have seen this people, and lo, it [is] a stiff-necked people;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

In Context

8they have turned aside hastily from the way that I have commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and bow themselves to it, and sacrifice to it, and say, These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

10and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.'

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Cross References

Exodus 33:3unto a land flowing with milk and honey, for I do not go up in thy midst, for thou [art] a stiff-necked people — lest I consume thee in the way.'

Exodus 34:9and 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.'

Deuteronomy 9:13'And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and lo, a people stiff of neck it [is];

Deuteronomy 31:27for I — I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to-day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah, and also surely after my death.

Nehemiah 9:16'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

Psalms 78:8And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:8-15

The Intercession of Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a… Read the whole commentary →

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