Exodus 32:35

What does Exodus 32:35 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 32:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jehovah plagueth the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The Lord therefore struck the people for the guilt, on occasion of the calf which Aaron had made.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron had made.

Context

v.34And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.

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Cross references

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

  • Exodus 32:25

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

  • Acts 1:18

    (Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

  • Matthew 27:3

    Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

  • Acts 7:41

    And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

  • Exodus 32:4

    And 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.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9

    Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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