Exodus 32:9

Untractable, wilful, and stubborn, incorrigible by my judgments, ungovernable by mine or by any laws. A metaphor from those beasts that will not bend their necks to receive the yoke or bridle.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 32:1-6 E, Exodus 32:7-14 Rje, Exodus 32:15-24 E, Exodus 32:25-29 J, Exodus 32:30-34 E s, Exodus 32:35 E. The Golden C...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

behold . Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6).
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. I have seen this people, and behold. This was, indeed, the sharpest and sorest trial of the faith of Moses; when God seemed to contradict...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: A stiff-necked people - Probably an allusion to the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It is a stiff-necked people— An appellation frequently given to the Jews; who, like untamed and unruly oxen, would not bend and submit their necks...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: No JFB commentary on this verse.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Idolatry of the People 1-6. The historical narrative is here resumed from Exodus 24:18 . Becoming impatient at the prolonged absence of Moses...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Stiffnecked ] This common metaphor is taken from a stubborn ox that refuses to submit to the yoke. Cp. Zechariah 7:11 ; Hosea 4:16 (RV 'stubborn...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is a stiff-necked people. — This phrase, afterwards so common ( Exodus 33:3 ; Exodus 33:5 ; Exodus 34:5 ; Deuteronomy 9:6 ; Deuteronomy 9:13...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXII. THE GOLDEN CALF. Exodus 32:1-35 While God was thus providing for Israel, what had Israel done with God? They had grown weary...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Aaron's Golden Calf Offends the Lord Exodus 32:1-14 The people never thought of taking Aaron as a substitute for Moses, because they instinctiv...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Immediately following the account of this period of communion between Moses and God we have the record of the sin of the people. When they said, "Up,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:13-14 . There is somewhat very interesting if spiritually considered, in this reasoning of Jehovah with Moses.
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people ,.... He had observed their ways and works, their carriage and behaviour; he had seen them bef...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it [is] a stiffnecked people: Ver. 9. A stiffnecked people. ] And so they are...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A stiff-necked people Untractable, wilful, and stubborn; unapt to come under the yoke of the divine law, averse from all good, and prone to all evi...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GOLDEN CALF (vs.1-6) Moses forty days in the mount (the number of testing) was too much for the impatient children of Israel. They gathered t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Intercession of Moses. B. C. 1491. ...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh Informs Moses Of What Is Happening Below ( Exodus 32:7-14 ). a Yahweh said to Moses, “Go, get yourself down, for your people whom you bro...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 32:7-15 INTERCESSION Consider— I. The sin and peril of Israel. Their sin was the more grievous bec...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 32:1 . And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and sai...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 32:7 . And the LORD said unto Moses, Go get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themse...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 32:1 . Unto Aaron. Some copies read, the people gathered themselves together against Aaron. He sinned through fear of man; but as the Lor...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE INTERCESSION OF MOSES . Moses, in Sinai, was so far removed from the camp, and the cloud so shut out his vision of it, tha...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moses Intercedes for the People
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, have observed it very closely, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people, as rigid of neck as...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have seen Deuteronomy 9:13 Jeremiah 13:27 Hosea 6:10 a stiff-necked Exodus 33:3 Exodus 33:5 Exodus 34:9 Deuteronomy 9:6 Deuteronomy...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It is a stiff — necked people — Unapt to come under the yoke of the divine law, averse to all good, and prone to evil, obstinate to the methods of...

⁹ And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Related Commentaries of Exodus 32:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 32:9