Exodus 32:33

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And Yahweh said unto Moses, - Him who hath sinned against me, must I blot out of my book.

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Lord sayd to Moses, Whosoeuer hath sinned against me, I will put out of my booke.

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Whosoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to Moshe, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord said to Moses, "The only people I erase from my book are those who sin against me.

English Standard Version
But the Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has done evil against me will be taken out of my book.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord replied, "I will wipe out of my book the name of everyone who has sinned against me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai answered Moshe, "Those who have sinned against me are the ones I will blot out of my book.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book.

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said vnto Moses, Whosoeuer hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my Booke.

Amplified Bible
But the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book [not you].

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Moses, If any one has sinned against me, I will blot them out of my book.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me I will blot him from my scroll.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him from My book.

New Century Version
But the Lord told Moses, "I will erase from my book the names of the people who sin against me.

New English Translation
The Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me—that person I will wipe out of my book.

New King James Version
And the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

New Living Translation
But the Lord replied to Moses, "No, I will erase the name of everyone who has sinned against me.

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses, "I will put out of My book whoever has sinned against Me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord answered him: He that hath sinned against me, him will I strike out of my book:

Revised Standard Version
But the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Good News Translation
The Lord answered, "It is those who have sinned against me whose names I will remove from my book.

King James Version
And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Whoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom the Lord answeride, Y schal do awey fro my book hym that synneth ayens me;

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Whoso hath sinned against Me -- I blot him out of My book;

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against me, him I will blot out of my book.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Whoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses: I wyll put hym out of my booke that hath sinned agaynst me.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord replied to Moses: “Whoever has sinned against me I will erase from my book.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: What? Him that synneth against me, wil I wype out of my boke.

THE MESSAGE
God said to Moses, "I'll only erase from my book those who sin against me. For right now, you go and lead the people to where I told you. Look, my Angel is going ahead of you. On the day, though, when I settle accounts, their sins will certainly be part of the settlement."

New American Standard Bible
However, the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe him out of My book.

New Revised Standard
But the Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

Contextual Overview

³⁰ And it came to pass, on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye, have sinned a great sin, - Now, therefore, I must go up unto Yahweh, Peradventure, I may make a propitiatory-covering for your sin. ³¹ So Moses returned unto Yahweh, and said, - Oh now, this people hath sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves - gods of gold. ³² Now, therefore, if thou wilt forgive their sin, …but if not, blot me I pray thee out of thy book, which thou hast written, ³³ And Yahweh said unto Moses, - Him who hath sinned against me, must I blot out of my book. ³⁴ Now, therefore, go lead the people to the place of which I spake to thee, lo! a my messenger, shall go before thee, - But, in the day when I do visit, then wilt I visit upon them their sin. ³⁵ And Yahweh plagued the people, - for what they had done with the calf, which Aaron made.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sinned: Leviticus 23:30, Psalms 69:28, Ezekiel 18:4

my book: Psalms 109:13, Psalms 109:14, Philippians 4:3, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 20:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:4 - destroy Deuteronomy 9:14 - blot Deuteronomy 10:10 - the Lord hearkened Deuteronomy 29:20 - blot out 2 Kings 14:27 - blot out 1 Chronicles 21:17 - let thine Isaiah 4:3 - written Ezekiel 13:9 - neither shall they be Daniel 12:1 - written 2 Timothy 4:3 - having Revelation 3:5 - blot Revelation 22:19 - God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses,.... In answer to his request:

whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book; not that anyone that is really in the book of life is ever blotted out, or that anyone predestinated or ordained to eternal life ever perish: but some persons may think themselves, and they may seem to be written in that book, or to be among the number of God's elect, but are not, and turn out obstinate impenitent sinners, and live and die in impenitence and unbelief; when it will appear that their names were never written in it, which, is the same thing as to be blotted out of it, see Psalms 69:28. Now by this answer the Lord does not absolutely refuse the request of Moses with respect to the people, though he does with regard to himself, and the blotting his name out of his book; and it is plain, by what follows, he meant to show mercy to the people, since he bids Moses go and lead them on towards Canaan, and promises an angel to go before them; though he reserves to himself a liberty to chastise this people for this sin, as he should have opportunity, along with others.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved his own glory better than he loved the brethren who were under his charge; whether he would prefer that he should himself become the founder of a “great nation,” or that the Lord’s promise should be fulfilled in the whole people of Israel. This may have been especially needful for Moses, in consequence of his natural disposition. See Numbers 12:3; and compare Exodus 3:11. With this trial of Moses repeated in a very similar manner Numbers 14:11-23, may be compared the trial of Abraham Genesis 22:0 and of our Saviour Matthew 4:8-10.

Exodus 32:8

These be thy gods ... have brought - This is thy god, O Israel, who has brought ...

Exodus 32:10

Let me alone - But Moses did not let the Lord alone; he wrestled, as Jacob had done, until, like Jacob, he obtained the blessing Genesis 32:24-29.

Exodus 32:14

This states a fact which was not revealed to Moses until after his second intercession when he had come down from the mountain and witnessed the sin of the people Exodus 32:30-34. He was then assured that the Lord’s love to His ancient people would prevail God is said, in the language of Scripture, to “repent,” when His forgiving love is seen by man to blot out the letter of His judgments against sin (2 Samuel 24:16; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10, etc.); or when the sin of man seems to human sight to have disappointed the purposes of grace (Gen 6:6; 1 Samuel 15:35, etc.). The awakened conscience is said to “repent,” when, having felt its sin, it feels also the divine forgiveness: it is at this crisis that God, according to the language of Scripture, repents toward the sinner. Thus, the repentance of God made known in and through the One true Mediator reciprocates the repentance of the returning sinner, and reveals to him atonement.

Exodus 32:17-18

Moses does not tell Joshua of the divine communication that had been made to him respecting the apostasy of the people, but only corrects his impression by calling his attention to the kind of noise which they are making.

Exodus 32:19

Though Moses had been prepared by the revelation on the Mount, his righteous indignation was stirred up beyond control when the abomination was before his eyes.

Exodus 32:20

See Deuteronomy 9:21. What is related in this verse must have occupied some time and may have followed the rebuke of Aaron. The act was symbolic, of course. The idol was brought to nothing and the people were made to swallow their own sin (compare Micah 7:13-14).

Exodus 32:22

Aaron’s reference to the character of the people, and his manner of stating what he had done Exo. 5:24, are very characteristic of the deprecating language of a weak mind.

Exodus 32:23

Make us gods - Make us a god.

Exodus 32:25

Naked - Rather unruly, or “licentious”.

Shame among their enemies - Compare Psalms 44:13; Psalms 79:4; Deuteronomy 28:37.

Exodus 32:26-29

The tribe of Levi, Moses’ own tribe, now distinguished itself by immediately returning to its allegiance and obeying the call to fight on the side of Yahweh. We need not doubt that the 3,000 who were slain were those who persisted in resisting Moses. The spirit of the narrative forbids us to conceive that the act of the Levites was anything like an indiscriminate massacre. An amnesty had first been offered to all by the words: “Who is on the Lord’s side?” Those who were forward to draw the sword were directed not to spare their closest relations or friends; but this must plainly have been with an understood qualification as regards the conduct of those who were to be slain. Had it not been so, they who were on the Lord’s side would have had to destroy each other. We need not stumble at the bold, simple way in which the statement is made.

Exodus 32:29

Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord ... - The margin contains the literal rendering. Our version gives the most probable meaning of the Hebrew, and is supported by the best authority. The Levites were to prove themselves in a special way the servants of Yahweh, in anticipation of their formal consecration as ministers of the sanctuary (compare Deuteronomy 10:8), by manifesting a self-sacrificing zeal in carrying out the divine command, even upon their nearest relatives.

Exodus 32:31

Returned unto the Lord - i. e. again he ascended the mountain.

Gods of gold - a god of gold.

Exodus 32:32

For a similar form of expression, in which the conclusion is left to be supplied by the mind of the reader, see Daniel 3:15; Luke 13:9; Luke 19:42; John 6:62; Romans 9:22. For the same thought, see Romans 9:3. It is for such as Moses and Paul to realize, and to dare to utter, their readiness to be wholly sacrificed for the sake of those whom God has entrusted to their love. This expresses the perfected idea of the whole burnt-offering.

Thy book - The figure is taken from the enrolment of the names of citizens. This is its first occurrence in the Scriptures. See the marginal references. and Isaiah 4:3; Daniel 12:1; Luke 10:20; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5, etc.

Exodus 32:33, Exodus 32:34

Each offender was to suffer for his own sin. Compare Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20. Moses was not to be taken at his word. He was to fulfill his appointed mission of leading on the people toward the land of promise.

Exodus 32:34

Mine Angel shall go before thee - See the marginal references and Genesis 12:7.

In the day when I visit ... - Compare Numbers 14:22-24. But though the Lord chastized the individuals, He did not take His blessing from the nation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 32:33. Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out — As if the Divine Being had said: "All my conduct is regulated by infinite justice and righteousness: in no case shall the innocent ever suffer for the guilty. That no man may transgress through ignorance, I have given you my law, and thus published my covenant; the people themselves have acknowledged its justice and equity, and have voluntarily ratified it. He then that sins against me, (for sin is the transgression of the law, 1 John 3:4, and the law must be published and known that it may be binding,) him will I blot out of my book." And is it not remarkable that to these conditions of the covenant God strictly adhered, so that not one soul of these transgressors ever entered into the promised rest! Here was justice. And yet, though they deserved death, they were spared! Here was mercy. Thus, as far as justice would permit, mercy extended; and as far as mercy would permit, justice proceeded. Behold, O reader, the GOODNESS and SEVERITY of GOD! MERCY saves all that JUSTICE can spare; and JUSTICE destroys all that MERCY should not save.