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Psalms 106:19

And thei maden a calf in Oreb; and worschipiden a yotun ymage.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Calf;   Horeb;   Thompson Chain Reference - Calf, the Golden;   False;   Golden Calf;   Horeb, Mount;   Idolatry;   Images;   Mountains;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   The Topic Concordance - Forgetting;   Idolatry;   Plague;   Sin;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Calf of Gold;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Patience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Horeb;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Calves, Golden;   Golden Calf;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallelujah;   Psalms;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Horeb ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Moloch;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Horeb;   Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Calf;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sinai, Mount;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At Horeb they made a calfand worshiped the cast metal image.
Hebrew Names Version
They made a calf in Horev, And worshiped a molten image.
King James Version
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
English Standard Version
They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.
New Century Version
The people made a gold calf at Mount Sinai and worshiped a metal statue.
New English Translation
They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.
Amplified Bible
They made a calf in Horeb (Sinai) And worshiped a cast image.
New American Standard Bible
They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a cast metal image.
World English Bible
They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a molten image.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They made a calfe in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Legacy Standard Bible
They made a calf in HorebAnd worshiped a molten image.
Berean Standard Bible
At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
Contemporary English Version
At Horeb your people made and worshiped the statue
Complete Jewish Bible
In Horev they fashioned a calf, they worshipped a cast metal image.
Darby Translation
They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;
Easy-to-Read Version
The people made a golden calf at Mount Horeb. They worshiped a statue!
George Lamsa Translation
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Good News Translation
They made a gold bull-calf at Sinai and worshiped that idol;
Lexham English Bible
They made a calf at Horeb and bowed down to a cast image.
Literal Translation
They made a calf in Horeb, and fell down before the casted image;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They made a calfe in Horeb, and worshipped the molte ymage.
American Standard Version
They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
Bible in Basic English
They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.
King James Version (1611)
They made a calfe in Horeb: and worshipped the molten image.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They made a calfe in Horeb: and worshipped the moulten image.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,
English Revised Version
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.
Update Bible Version
They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a molten image.
Webster's Bible Translation
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.
New King James Version
They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.
New Living Translation
The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold.
New Life Bible
They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a god of gold.
New Revised Standard
They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They made a calf in Horeb, - and bowed down to a molten image;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(105-19) They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.
Revised Standard Version
They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image.
Young's Literal Translation
They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,
THE MESSAGE
They cast in metal a bull calf at Horeb and worshiped the statue they'd made. They traded the Glory for a cheap piece of sculpture—a grass-chewing bull! They forgot God, their very own Savior, who turned things around in Egypt, Who created a world of wonders in the Land of Ham, who gave that stunning performance at the Red Sea.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image.

Contextual Overview

13 Thei hadden `soone do, thei foryaten hise werkis; and thei abididen not his councel. 14 And thei coueitiden coueitise in deseert; and temptiden God in a place with out watir. 15 And he yaf to hem the axyng of hem; and he sente fulnesse in to the soulis of hem. 16 And thei wraththiden Moyses in the castels; Aaron, the hooli of the Lord. 17 The erthe was opened, and swolewid Datan; and hilide on the congregacioun of Abiron. 18 And fier brente an hiye in the synagoge of hem; flawme brente synneris. 19 And thei maden a calf in Oreb; and worschipiden a yotun ymage. 20 And thei chaungiden her glorie; in to the liknesse of a calf etynge hei. 21 Thei foryaten God, that sauede hem, that dide grete werkis in Egipt, 22 merueils in the lond of Cham; feerdful thingis in the reed see.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 32:4-8, Exodus 32:35, Deuteronomy 9:12-16, Deuteronomy 9:21, Nehemiah 9:18, 1 Corinthians 10:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:1 - Horeb Deuteronomy 4:16 - corrupt Deuteronomy 9:8 - Also in Horeb 1 Kings 14:9 - thou hast gone 2 Chronicles 11:15 - for the calves Hosea 8:6 - from Acts 7:41 - they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They made a calf in Horeb,.... A golden one, of the earrings of gold which were in the ears of their wives, sons, and daughters; these they took and melted down, and cast into the figure of a calf, or an ox, as it is afterwards said, in imitation of the Egyptians, who worshipped the ox; a people that had used them ill, from whose bondage they were just delivered; on whom they had seen the judgments of God inflicted, and who were notoriously wicked and an idolatrous people, and yet these they imitated; and, which was still a greater aggravation, this they did in Horeb, the mountain in which God appeared in so terrible a manner, with thunder and lightnings, and in fire, out of which he spoke to them; and when he gave them a body of laws, among which were one that forbid the worshipping of graven images; and yet they made and worshipped one in this very place, from whence they received this law; as follows.

And worshipped the molten image; when fashioned with a graving tool, and made a molten calf, they said, these be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of Egypt; and they brought their burnt offerings and peace offerings, and ate and drank before it, and danced about it; all which were acts of idolatrous worship, Exodus 32:1. This was so heinous a sin, that the Jews say it is not expiated to this day, and that there is no punishment comes upon them but there is an ounce of the golden calf in it q.

q T. Hieros. Taanioth, fol. 80. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They made a calf in Horeb - Exodus 32:4. Probably in resemblance of the Egyptian god “Apis.” The image was made by Aaron out of materials furnished by the people, and at their request Exodus 32:1-3, so that it might be said to be the act of the people.

And worshipped the molten image - The word rendered “molten” is from a verb נסך nâsak - to pour, to pour out; hence, to cast, to found; and it means anything that is made by fusion or casting. This image was cast Exodus 32:4, and hence, this name is given to it.


 
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