Exodus 32:23 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and they say to me, 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;

English ASV

For they said unto me, 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.

English Amplified

For they said to me, Make us gods which 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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For they said to me, Make us gods which 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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They said to me, ‘Make gods for us who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt — we don’t know what has happened to him!’

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And they said to me, 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!

English EASY 2024

They said to me, “Make us some gods that will lead us. This man Moses brought us here out of Egypt. But now we do not know what has happened to him.”

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The people said to me, 'Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don't know what has happened to him. So make us some gods to lead us.'

For they said to me, '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.'

English GNT (Good News Translation)

They said to me, ‘We don't know what has happened to this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt; so make us a god to lead us.’

English God's Word - GW 1995

They said to me, 'We don't know what's happened to this Moses who brought us out of Egypt. Make gods for us. They will lead us.'

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They said to me, 'Make us a god who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt-- we don't know what has happened to him!'

English KJV 1611

For they said unto me, 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.

English LSB

Indeed they said to me, ‘Make gods for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For they said to me, ‘Make a god for us who will go before us, for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"For they said to me, 'Make a god for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

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

They said to me, 'Make us a god to be our leader; as for the man Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

They said to me, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They said to me, 'Make us a god that will lead us. This fellow Moses brought us up out of Egypt. But we don't know what has happened to him.'

English NIV

They said to me, 'Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him.'

English NKJ 1982

For they said to me, ‘Make us gods that shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’

English NLT

They said to me, `Make us some gods to lead us, for something has happened to this man Moses, who led us out of Egypt.'

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They said to me, '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.'

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For they said to me, ‘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.’

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They said to me, 'Make us a god to lead us, for something has happened to this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt.'

English Tyndale 1537

they said unto me: make us a god to go before us, for we wot not what is become of Moses the fellow that brought us out of the land of Egypt.