Exodus 32:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 32:8 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 →
סָ֣רוּ
çûwr
H5493
to turn aside
מַהֵ֗ר
mahêr
H4118
swift
מִן
min
H4480
from
הַדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙
derek
H1870
way
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
צִוִּיתִ֔ם
tsâvâh
H6680
to command
עָשׂ֣וּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לָהֶ֔ם
עֵ֖גֶל
ʻêgel
H5695
calf
מַסֵּכָ֑ה
maççêkâh
H4541
molten image
וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ
shâchâh
H7812
to bow down
לוֹ֙
וַיִּזְבְּחוּ
zâbach
H2076
to sacrifice
ל֔וֹ
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵ֤לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֶֽעֱל֖וּךָ
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
מִצְרָֽיִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
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World English Bible Public Domain
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and 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
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
They have quickly turned from the way that I commanded them. They have made a calf of molten metal for themselves and have bowed before it and sacrificed to it. And they have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”
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