Exodus 32:18 — Compare Translations

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And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

English Amplified

But Moses said, It is not the sound of shouting for victory, neither is it the sound of the cry of the defeated, but the sound of singing that I hear.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But Moses said, It is not the sound of shouting for victory, neither is it the sound of the cry of the defeated, but the sound of singing that I hear.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But Moses replied: It’s not the sound of a victory cry and not the sound of a cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he said, It is not the sound of a shout of victory, neither is it the sound of a shout of defeat: it is the noise of alternate singing I hear.

English EASY 2024

But Moses said, ‘It is not the noise that soldiers make when they have won a battle. It is not the sound of soldiers who are crying because their enemy has won against them. I can hear the sound of people who are singing.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Moses answered, "It is not the noise of an army shouting for victory. And it is not the noise of an army crying from defeat. The noise I hear is the sound of music."

But he said, "It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Moses said, “That doesn't sound like a shout of victory or a cry of defeat; it's the sound of singing.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Moses replied, "It's not the sound of winners shouting. It's not the sound of losers crying. It's the sound of a wild celebration that I hear."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But Moses replied: It's not the sound of a victory cry and not the sound of a cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!

English KJV 1611

And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

English LSB

But he said, “It is not the sound of the cry of triumph, Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat; But the sound of singing I hear.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But he said: “It is not the sound of those who shout for victory, nor is it the sound of those who cry because of being overcome, but I hear the sound of singing.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But he said, "It is not the sound of the cry of triumph, Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat; But the sound of singing I hear."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But Moses answered, "It does not sound like cries of victory, nor does it sound like cries of defeat; the sounds that I hear are cries of revelry."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Moses said, “It is not the sound of those who shout for victory, nor is it the sound of those who cry because they are overcome, but the sound of singing I hear.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Moses replied, "It's not the sound of winning. It's not the sound of losing. It's the sound of singing that I hear."

English NIV

Moses replied: "It is not the sound of victory, it is not the sound of defeat; it is the sound of singing that I hear."

English NKJ 1982

But he said: “ It is not the noise of the shout of victory, Nor the noise of the cry of defeat, But the sound of singing I hear.”

English NLT

But Moses replied, "No, it's neither a cry of victory nor a cry of defeat. It is the sound of a celebration."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But he said, "It is not the sound made by victors, or the sound made by losers; it is the sound of revelers that I hear."

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But he said, “It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But Moses replied, “No, it's not a cry of victory or defeat, but singing.“

English Tyndale 1537

And he said: it is not the cry of them that have the mastery, nor of them that have the worse: but I do hear the noise of singing.