Exodus 32:10

Anger Judgment

⁸ How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”

⁹ The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

¹¹ But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

¹² Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
KJV: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
WEB: Now 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.”
ASV: now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
DARBY: And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.
BLB: And now, leave Me alone, and My anger may burn hot against them, and I may consume them. And I will make you into a great nation.”

ÅB: La nå meg få råde, så min vrede kan tennes opp mot dem, og jeg kan ødelegge dem; så vil jeg gjøre deg til et stort folk.
OTB: La meg nå være, så min vrede kan brenne mot dem og jeg kan ødelegge dem. Så vil jeg gjøre deg til et stort folk.»
B1930: La nu mig få råde, så min vrede kan optendes mot dem, og jeg kan ødelegge dem; så vil jeg gjøre dig til et stort folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
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Numbers 14:12
I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
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Deuteronomy 9:19
For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
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Numbers 16:45–48
“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
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Exodus 22:24
My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
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Numbers 14:19–20
Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
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Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
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Exodus 32:11
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
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