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Exodus 32:1

King James Version (KJV)

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Translations

Exodus 32:1 - Amplified Bible

WHEN THE people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, [they] gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

Exodus 32:1 - American Standard Version

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

Exodus 32:1 - Bible in Basic English

And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

Exodus 32:1 - Darby Bible

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people collected together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, -- we do not know what is become of him!

Exodus 32:1 - English Standard Version

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, "Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

Exodus 32:1 - King James Version

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Exodus 32:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

Cuando el pueblo vio que Moisés tardaba en bajar del monte, la gente se congregò alrededor de Aaròn, y le dijeron: Levántate, haznos un dios que vaya delante de nosotros; en cuanto a este Moisés, el hombre que nos sacò de la tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le haya acontecido.

Exodus 32:1 - The Message

When the people realized that Moses was taking forever in coming down off the mountain, they rallied around Aaron and said, "Do something. Make gods for us who will lead us. That Moses, the man who got us out of Egypt—who knows what’s happened to him?"

Exodus 32:1 - New American Standard Bible

Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, "Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

Exodus 32:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Cuando el pueblo vio que Moisés tardaba en bajar del monte, la gente se congregò alrededor de Aaròn, y le dijeron: "Levántate, haznos un dios que vaya delante de nosotros. En cuanto a este Moisés, el hombre que nos sacò de la tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le haya acontecido."

Exodus 32:1 - World English Bible

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don`t know what has become of him."

Exodus 32:1 - Young's Living Translation

And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, `Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him.`

Exodus 32:1 - Additional Comments

When God doesn't do things in the time we want, we are tempted to take matters into our own hands. We revert back to our old ways. Here the Hebrews were reverting back to the ways they had learned in Egypt. When it seems like God doesn't answer, we may look for wisdom and guidance from false things. The challenge is to trust God even when He is silent.
Why did the people drift when Moses was gone? As many do in churches today, their faith depends too much on the pastor or spiritual leader in the church. When that leader leaves, all falls apart. We need a faith build on a foundation of God, and nothing in the world should be the base for the foundation.

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