Exodus 32:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 32:23 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לִ֔י
עֲשֵׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לָ֣נוּ
אֱלֹהִ֔ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יֵלְכ֖וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ
pânîym
H6440
face
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
זֶ֣ה
zeh
H2088
this
מֹשֶׁ֣ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
הָאִ֗ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֶֽעֱלָ֨נוּ֙
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָדַ֖עְנוּ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
מֶה
mâh
H4100
what
הָ֥יָה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לֽוֹ
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World English Bible Public Domain
For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they said to me, ‘Make for us a god that will go before our faces. As for this Moses, the man that brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
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