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Exodus 34:8

Moses
Praise and worshipHumility

6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

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Compare

BSB
Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
KJV
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
WEB
Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
ASV
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
DARBY
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head to the earth and worshipped,
BLB
And Moses hurried and bowed down to the earth and worshiped.
ÅB
Da bøyde Moses seg hastig til jorden og tilba.
OTB
Moses bøyde seg straks til jorden og tilba.
B1930
Da bøide Moses sig hastig til jorden og tilbad.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 4:31

    And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:18

    And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

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  • Genesis 17:3

    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

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