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Exodus 32:25

What does Exodus 32:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 32:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Moses seeth the people that it <FI>is<Fi> unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies)

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Moses saw the people how they were stripped; for Aaron had stripped them to [their] shame before their adversaries.

Context

v.24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

v.25This passage

v.26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Jehovah’s side, let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Daniel 12:2

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

  • Deuteronomy 9:20

    And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

  • Revelation 3:17

    Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:

  • Ezekiel 16:63

    that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Hosea 2:3

    lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

  • Isaiah 47:3

    Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.

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