Exodus 34:8-9
New English Translation
8 Moses quickly bowed[a] to the ground and worshiped 9 and said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lord[b] go among us, for we[c] are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”
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- Exodus 34:8 tn The first two verbs form a hendiadys: “he hurried…he bowed,” meaning “he quickly bowed down.”
- Exodus 34:9 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” two times here is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay).
- Exodus 34:9 tn Heb “it is.” Hebrew uses the third person masculine singular pronoun here in agreement with the noun “people.”
Exodus 34:8-9
New King James Version
8 So Moses made haste and (A)bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. 9 Then he said, “If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, (B)let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we are a (C)stiff-necked[a] people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as (D)Your inheritance.”
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- Exodus 34:9 stubborn
Exodus 34:8-9
English Standard Version
8 And Moses quickly (A)bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. 9 And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please (B)let the Lord go in the midst of us, for (C)it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for (D)your inheritance.”
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Exodus 34:8-9
King James Version
8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
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