Exodus 34:17
What does Exodus 34:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 34:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Make for yourselves no gods of metal.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862a molten god thou dost not make to thyself.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— Thou shalt make thyself no moltengods.
Context
v.16and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.
v.17This passage
v.18The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Leviticus 19:4
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.
- Acts 19:26
And ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands:
- Acts 17:29
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
- Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Exodus 32:8
they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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