KJV King James Version
And he said, [It is] not the voice of [them that] shout for mastery, neither [is it] the voice of [them that] cry for being overcome: [but] the noise of [them that] sing do I hear.
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Exodus 32:18
And he said, [It is] not the voice of [them that] shout for mastery, neither [is it] the voice of [them that] cry for being overcome: [but] the noise of [them that] sing do I hear.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
WEB World English Bible
He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he saith, ‘It is not the voice of the crying of might, nor is it the voice of the crying of weakness—a voice of singing I am hearing.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 32
15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony [were] in his hand: the tables [were] written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other [were] they written.
16 And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, [There is] a noise of war in the camp.
18 And he said, [It is] not the voice of [them that] shout for mastery, neither [is it] the voice of [them that] cry for being overcome: [but] the noise of [them that] sing do I hear.
19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it].
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
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וַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothingקוֹל֙H6963 · qolvoiceעֲנ֣וֹתH6030 · unto dwellגְּבוּרָ֔הH1369 · ge.vu.rahmightוְאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothingק֖וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceעֲנ֣וֹתH6030 · unto dwellחֲלוּשָׁ֑הH2476 · cha.lu.shahweaknessק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceעַנּ֔וֹתH6030 · unto dwellאָנֹכִ֖יH595 · a.no.khiIשֹׁמֵֽעַ׃H8085 · sha.mato hear: hear
Cross-references
Exodus 15:1-18Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.Daniel 5:23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:Daniel 5:4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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