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Exodus 34 - Compare Translations

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Exodus 34:1
KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
WEBYahweh said to Moses, “Chisel two stone tablets like the first. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first, and I have written on the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou hast broken;
Exodus 34:2
KJVAnd be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
WEBBe ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
YLTand be prepared at morning, and thou hast come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and hast stood before Me there, on the top of the mount,
Exodus 34:3
KJVAnd no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
WEBNo one shall come up with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain. Do not let the flocks or herds graze in front of that mountain.”
YLTand no man cometh up with thee, and also no man is seen in all the mount, also the flock and the herd do not feed over-against that mount.'
Exodus 34:4
KJVAnd he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
WEBHe chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
YLTAnd he heweth two tables of stone like the first, and Moses riseth early in the morning, and goeth up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah commanded him, and he taketh in his hand two tables of stone.
Exodus 34:5
KJVAnd the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
WEBYahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name.
YLTAnd Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah,
Exodus 34:6
KJVAnd the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
WEBYahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
YLTand Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,
Exodus 34:7
KJVKeeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
WEBkeeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”
YLTkeeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third [generation], and on a fourth.'
Exodus 34:8
KJVAnd Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
WEBMoses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
YLTAnd Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth, and doth obeisance,
Exodus 34:9
KJVAnd 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.
WEBHe said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go among us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”
YLTand saith, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, O my Lord, let my Lord, I pray Thee, go in our midst (for it [is] a stiff-necked people), and thou hast forgiven our iniquity and our sin, and hast inherited us.'
Exodus 34:10
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Exodus 34:11
KJVObserve thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
WEBObserve that which I command you today. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
YLT`Observe for thyself that which I am commanding thee to-day: lo, I am casting out from before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite;
Exodus 34:12
KJVTake heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
WEBBe careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you:
YLTtake heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst;
Exodus 34:13
KJVBut ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
WEBbut you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;
YLTfor their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;
Exodus 34:14
KJVFor thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
WEBfor you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
YLTfor ye do not bow yourselves to another god -- for Jehovah, whose name [is] Zealous, is a zealous God.
Exodus 34:15
KJVLest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
WEB“Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
YLT`Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and [one] hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,
Exodus 34:16
KJVAnd thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
WEBand you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.
YLTand thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;
Exodus 34:17
KJVThou shalt make thee no molten gods.
WEB“You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.
YLTa molten god thou dost not make to thyself.
Exodus 34:18
KJVThe feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
WEB“You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.
YLT`The feast of unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at an appointed time, the month of Abib: for in the month of Abib thou didst come out from Egypt.
Exodus 34:19
KJVAll that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
WEB“All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
YLT`All opening a womb [are] Mine, and every firstling of thy cattle born a male, ox or sheep;
Exodus 34:20
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Exodus 34:21
KJVSix days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
WEB“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
YLT`Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.
Exodus 34:22
KJVAnd thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
WEB“You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year’s end.
YLT`And a feast of weeks thou dost observe for thyself; first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the feast of in-gathering, at the revolution of the year.
Exodus 34:23
KJVThrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
WEBThree times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.
YLT`Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel;
Exodus 34:24
KJVFor I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
WEBFor I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear before Yahweh, your God, three times in the year.
YLTfor I dispossess nations from before thee, and have enlarged thy border, and no man doth desire thy land in thy going up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in a year.
Exodus 34:25
KJVThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
WEB“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The sacrifice of the feast of the Passover shall not be left to the morning.
YLT`Thou dost not slaughter with a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice; and the sacrifice of the feast of the passover doth not remain till morning:
Exodus 34:26
KJVThe first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
WEB“You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God.
YLTthe first of the first-fruits of the land thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.'
Exodus 34:27
KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
WEBYahweh said to Moses, “Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Write for thyself these words, for, according to the tenor of these words I have made with thee a covenant, and with Israel.'
Exodus 34:28
KJVAnd he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
WEBHe was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
YLTAnd he is there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk; and he writeth on the tables the matters of the covenant -- the ten matters.
Exodus 34:29
KJVAnd it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
WEBWhen Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses didn’t know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, when Moses is coming down from mount Sinai (and the two tables of the testimony [are] in the hand of Moses in his coming down from the mount), that Moses hath not known that the skin of his face hath shone in His speaking with him,
Exodus 34:30
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Exodus 34:31
KJVAnd Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
WEBMoses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
YLTAnd Moses calleth unto them, and Aaron and all the princes in the company return unto him, and Moses speaketh unto them;
Exodus 34:32
KJVAnd afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
WEBAfterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
YLTand afterwards have all the sons of Israel come nigh, and he chargeth them with all that Jehovah hath spoken with him in mount Sinai.
Exodus 34:33
KJVAnd till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
WEBWhen Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
YLTAnd Moses finisheth speaking with them, and putteth on his face a vail;
Exodus 34:34
KJVBut when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
WEBBut when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
YLTand in the going in of Moses before Jehovah to speak with Him, he turneth aside the vail until his coming out; and he hath come out and hath spoken unto the sons of Israel that which he is commanded;
Exodus 34:35
KJVAnd the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
WEBThe children of Israel saw Moses’ face, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
YLTand the sons of Israel have seen the face of Moses that the skin of the face of Moses hath shone, and Moses hath put back the vail on his face until his going in to speak with Him.
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