New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 9:12
121Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly, because your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have behaved corruptly. They have 2quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast metal image for themselves.’
Deuteronomy 9:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord told me, “Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from what I commanded them and have made an idol for themselves.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Lord said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molded image.’
Context of Deuteronomy 9:12
10The Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the Lord had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly, because your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have behaved corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast metal image for themselves.’ 13The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people. 14Leave Me alone, that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
Read all of Deuteronomy 9Deuteronomy 9:12 word by word
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י ק֣וּם רֵ֤ד מַהֵר֙ מִזֶּ֔ה כִּ֚י שִׁחֵ֣ת עַמְּךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹצֵ֖אתָ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ם עָשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם מַסֵּכָֽה׃Read the interlinear
- Then the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- to me, ‘Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- goיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- from hereזֶהzeh · thisH2088
- quicklyמַהֵרmahêr · quicklyH4118
- becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
- your peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- whomאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- you broughtיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- have behavedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
- turnedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
- asideסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
- from the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
- I commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- them; they have madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- a castמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
- imageמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:12
- Exodus 32:7Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have behaved corruptly.
- Deuteronomy 4:16so that you do not act corruptly and make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or female,
- Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death you will behave very corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will confront you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.”
- Deuteronomy 32:5They have acted corruptly against Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.
- Genesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Jude 1:10But these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and all the things that they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 9:16And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a cast metal image of a calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way that the Lord had commanded you.
- Judges 2:17Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they committed infidelity with other gods and bowed down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do the same as their fathers.
- Psalms 78:57But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.
- Hosea 6:4What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, And like the dew which goes away early.
- Galatians 1:6I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Thy people - have corrupted themselves - Debased themselves by making and worshipping an Egyptian idol. See on Exodus 32 (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-29Verses 7-29 That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath and the curse at God's hand…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The type of idol mentioned here comes from a Hebrew word meaning "cast" or "pour." They would make it by pouring liquid metal into a mold (Exodus 32:1–4). People made other idols from carved wood, stone, clay, or precious metals hammered into thin sheets over wooden cores.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-2912-29. Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people ... have corrupted themselves--With a view to humble them effectually, Moses proceeds to particularize some of the most atrocious instances of their infidelity. He begins with the impiety of the golden calf--an impiety which, while their miraculous emancipation from Egypt, the most stupendous displays of the Divine Majesty that were exhibited on the adjoining mount, and the recent ratification…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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