Exodus 32:17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, "There is the sound of war in the camp."

◄ Exodus 32:17 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, "There is the sound of war in the camp."

English Standard Version
When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.”

New American Standard Bible
Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp."

King James Bible
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp."

International Standard Version
When Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he told Moses, "The sound of war is coming from the camp."

American Standard Version
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp.

Darby Bible Translation
And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, and said to Moses, There is a shout of war in the camp.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua heareth the voice of the people in their shouting, and saith unto Moses, 'A noise of battle in the camp!'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

32:15-20 What a change it is, to come down from the mount of communion with God, to converse with a wicked world. In God we see nothing but what is pure and pleasing; in the world nothing but what is sinful and provoking. That it might appear an idol is nothing in the world, Moses ground the calf to dust. Mixing this powder with their drink, signified that the backslider in heart should be filled with his own ways.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15-18. Moses turned, and went down from the mount—The plain, Er-Raheh, is not visible from the top of Jebel Musa, nor can the mount be descended on the side towards that valley; hence Moses and his companion, who on duty had patiently waited his return in the hollow of the mountain's brow, heard the shouting some time before they actually saw the camp.