Exodus 32:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 32:4 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 →
וַיִּקַּ֣ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
מִיָּדָ֗ם
yâd
H3027
hand
וַיָּ֤צַר
yâtsar
H3335
to form
אֹתוֹ֙
ʼêth
H853
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בַּחֶ֔רֶט
chereṭ
H2747
stylus
וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
עֵ֣גֶל
ʻêgel
H5695
calf
מַסֵּכָ֑ה
maççêkâh
H4541
molten image
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵ֤לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֶעֱל֖וּךָ
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
מִצְרָֽיִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
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World English Bible Public Domain
He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
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King James Version Public Domain
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he took it from their hand, and fashioned it with a tool, and he made a calf of molten metal. And they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).