KJV King James Version
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.
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Exodus 32:2
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
WEB World English Bible
Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Aaron saith unto them, ‘Break off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring in unto me;’
Surrounding context — Exodus 32
1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, 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.
2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.
4 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.
5 And when Aaron saw [it], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow [is] a feast to the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵהֶם֙H413 · elto(wards)אַהֲרֹ֔ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronפָּֽרְקוּ֙H6561 · pa.raqto tearנִזְמֵ֣יH5141 · ne.zemringהַזָּהָ֔בH2091 · za.havgoldאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichבְּאָזְנֵ֣יH241 · o.zenearנְשֵׁיכֶ֔םH802 · ish.shahwomanבְּנֵיכֶ֖םH1121 · benson: childוּבְנֹתֵיכֶ֑םH1323 · batdaughterוְהָבִ֖יאוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלָֽי׃H413 · elto(wards)
Cross-references
Judges 8:24-27And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)Exodus 12:35-36And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:Ezekiel 16:11-12I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.Ezekiel 16:17Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,Hosea 2:8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal.Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art] thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.Exodus 35:22And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, [and] brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered [offered] an offering of gold unto the LORD.Genesis 24:22And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;
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