Exodus 32:22
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New International Version (©2011)
"Do not be angry, my lord," Aaron answered. "You know how prone these people are to evil.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Don't get so upset, my lord," Aaron replied. "You yourself know how evil these people are.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Don't be enraged, my lord," Aaron replied. "You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Aaron said, "Sir, don't be angry. You know the people—that they're intent on evil.

NET Bible (©2006)
Aaron said, "Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Don't be angry, sir," Aaron answered. "You know that these people are evil.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord grow hot: you know the people, that they are set on mischief.

American King James Version
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: you know the people, that they are set on mischief.

American Standard Version
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are'set on evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended: for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil.

Darby Bible Translation
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord burn! thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

English Revised Version
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people that they are set on mischief.

World English Bible
Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

Young's Literal Translation
and Aaron saith, 'Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou -- thou hast known the people that it is in evil;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

32:21-29 Never did any wise man make a more frivolous and foolish excuse than that of Aaron. We must never be drawn into sin by any thing man can say or do to us; for men can but tempt us to sin, they cannot force us. The approach of Moses turned the dancing into trembling. They were exposed to shame by their sin. The course Moses took to roll away this reproach, was, not by concealing the sin, or putting any false colour upon it, but by punishing it. The Levites were to slay the ringleaders in this wickedness; yet none were executed but those who openly stood forth. Those are marked for ruin who persist in sin: those who in the morning were shouting and dancing, before night were dying. Such sudden changes do the judgments of the Lord sometimes make with sinners that are secure and jovial in their sin.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 22. - Let not the anger of my lord wax hot. Aaron's humility is extreme, and the result of a consciousness of guilt. He nowhere else addresses Moses as "my lord." Set on mischief. Or "inclined to evil" (Kalisch).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Aaron said, let not the anger of my lord wax hot,.... He addresses him in a very respectful manner, though his younger brother, being in a superior office, the chief ruler of the people, king in Jeshurun; and he perceived a violent emotion rising in him, great indignation in his countenance, and an high resentment of what was done, and therefore he entreats his patience to hear him, in a few words, what he had to say, and he begins with the well known character of the people:

thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief; or are "in wickedness" (q); wholly in it, and under the power and influence of it, given up to it, and bent upon it; and there was no restraining them from it; and he appeals to the knowledge of Moses himself for the truth of this, of which their several murmurings against him, since they came out of Egypt, were a proof; see 1 John 5:19.

(q) "in malo", Montanus, Drusius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

22. And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot—Aaron cuts a poor figure, making a shuffling excuse and betraying more dread of the anger of Moses than of the Lord (compare De 9:20).

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Moses Breaks the Tablets
…21And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people to you, that you have brought so great a sin on them? 22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: you know the people, that they are set on mischief. 23For they said to 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. …

Genesis 44:18 Then Judah went up to him and said: "Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
Exodus 32:21 He said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?"
Deuteronomy 9:24 You have been rebellious against the LORD ever since I have known you.
1 Samuel 15:15 Saul answered, "The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but we totally destroyed the rest."
1 Samuel 15:21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal."