| Verse | Translation | Text |
| De 9:12 | Strong Concordance | And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Arise [06965], get thee down [03381] quickly [04118] from hence; for thy people [05971] which thou hast brought forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714] have corrupted [07843] themselves; they are quickly [04118] turned aside [05493] out of the way [01870] which I commanded [06680] them; they have made [06213] them a molten image [04541]. |
| King James | 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. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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 of the covenant by which they engaged to act as the people of God, were fresh in memory, indicated a degree of inconstancy or debasement almost incredible. |