Exodus 32:22
New International Version
“Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil.

New Living Translation
“Don’t get so upset, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know how evil these people are.

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

Berean Standard Bible
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

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

New King James Version
So Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord become hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

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

NASB 1995
Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil.

NASB 1977
And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil.

Amplified Bible
Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil.

Christian Standard Bible
“Don’t be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Moshe said to Ahron, “What did this people do to you that you brought upon it great sin?”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Aaron said to Moses, Be not angry, my lord, for thou knowest the impetuosity of this people.

Contemporary English Version
Aaron answered: Don't be angry with me. You know as well as I do that they are determined to do 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.

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.

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

Good News Translation
Aaron answered, "Don't be angry with me; you know how determined these people are to do evil.

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Aaron said: 'Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.

Literal Standard Version
And Aaron says, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you have known the people, that it [is beset] with evil;

Majority Standard Bible
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

New American Bible
Aaron replied, “Do not let my lord be angry. You know how the people are prone to evil.

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

New Revised Standard Version
And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are bent on evil.

New Heart English Bible
Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know 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;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Moses Breaks the Tablets
21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?” 22“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil. 23They 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!’…

Cross References
Genesis 44:18
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, "Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

Exodus 32:21
"What did this people do to you," Moses asked Aaron, "that you have led them into so great a sin?"

Deuteronomy 9:24
You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.

1 Samuel 15:15
Saul answered, "The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction."

1 Samuel 15:21
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal."


Treasury of Scripture

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

knowest

Exodus 14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

Exodus 15:24
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Exodus 16:2-4,20,28
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: …

that they are

Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

1 Samuel 15:24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

Psalm 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

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Exodus 32
1. The people in the absence of Moses, caused Aaron to make a calf
7. God informs Moses, who intercedes for Israel, and prevails
15. Moses comes down with the tablets
19. He breaks them
20. He destroys the calf
22. Aaron's excuse for himself
25. Moses causes the idolaters to be slain
30. He prays for the people














(22-24) Aaron's conduct was really without excuse; but he attempts two pleas--the first insufficient, the second false and fatuous. (1) The people compelled him; they were "set on mischief;" they made the proposal--they would have it so. (2) He threw the gold into the furnace, and "it came out a calf," as if he had not ordered the construction of the mould. In Deuteronomy, Moses informs us that Aaron's whole conduct so angered God that God would have destroyed him but for his own intercession (Deuteronomy 9:20).

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).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

be enraged,
יִ֥חַר (yi·ḥar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

my lord,”
אֲדֹנִ֑י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

Aaron
אַהֲרֹ֔ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

replied.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“You
אַתָּה֙ (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

yourself know
יָדַ֣עְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that the people
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

are intent on evil.
בְרָ֖ע (ḇə·rā‘)
Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil


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