Exodus 32:9

World English Bible

Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.

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Exodus 32:9 in other translations

And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Exodus 32:9 · American Standard Version

Exodus 32:9 in context

  1. 7Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
  2. 8They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’ ”
  3. 9Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
  4. 10Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation.”
  5. 11Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?