Exodus 32:3
What does Exodus 32:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 32:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And all the people took the gold rings from their ears and gave them to Aaron.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and all the people themselves break off the rings of gold which <FI>are<Fi> in their ears, and bring in unto Aaron,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the people did what he had commanded, bringing the earrings to Aaron.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears, and brought [them] to Aaron.
Context
v.2And 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.
v.3This passage
v.4And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 17:3
And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
- Isaiah 40:19
The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.
- Isaiah 46:6
Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
- Jeremiah 10:9
There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.
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