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Exodus 32:12

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10 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.

11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

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BSB
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.
KJV
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
WEB
Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath, and turn away from this evil against your people.
ASV
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
DARBY
Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!
BLB
Why should Egypt speak, saying, ‘In evil He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and relent over the evil against Your people.
ÅB
Hvorfor skal egypterne si: Til ulykke har han ført dem ut; han ville slå dem ihjel i fjellene og utrydde dem av jorden? Vend om fra din brennende vrede og angre det onde du har tenkt å gjøre mot ditt folk!
OTB
Hvorfor skal egypterne si: ‘Han førte dem ut med onde hensikter, for å drepe dem i fjellene og utslette dem fra jordens overflate’? Vend om fra din brennende vrede; angrer og bring ikke ulykke over ditt folk.
B1930
Hvorfor skal egypterne si: Til ulykke har han ført dem ut; han vilde slå dem ihjel i fjellene og utrydde dem av jorden? Vend om fra din brennende vrede og angre det onde du har tenkt å gjøre mot ditt folk!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 14:13–16

    And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

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  • Deuteronomy 9:28

    Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

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  • Exodus 32:14

    And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

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  • Joshua 7:9

    For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

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  • Genesis 6:6

    And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

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  • Ezekiel 20:14

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

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  • Jonah 3:9

    Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

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  • Ezekiel 20:22

    Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

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