KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 32:19
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
WEB World English Bible
It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount;
Surrounding context — Exodus 32
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?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief.
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וַֽיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichקָרַב֙H7126 · qa.ravto present: comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampוַיַּ֥רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעֵ֖גֶלH5695 · e.gelcalfוּמְחֹלֹ֑תH4246 · me.cho.lahdanceוַיִּֽחַר־H2734 · cha.rahto be incensedאַ֣ףH639 · aphface: angerמֹשֶׁ֗הH4872 · mo.shehMosesוַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְH7993 · sha.lakhto throwמִיָּדָיו֙H3027 · yadhandאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַלֻּחֹ֔תH3871 · lu.achtabletוַיְשַׁבֵּ֥רH7665 · sha.varto breakאֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]תַּ֥חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underהָהָֽר׃H2022 · harmountain: mount
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 9:16-17And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.Lamentations 5:15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.Zechariah 11:10-11And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.Jeremiah 31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:Deuteronomy 27:26Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw [it], he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.Exodus 32:4-6And 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.2 Samuel 6:14And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.Mark 3:5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.Zechariah 11:14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, [even] Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.Numbers 12:3(Now the man Moses [was] very meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.)Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:Exodus 32:11And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
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