4When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.


In Context

1 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.'

2 I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

3 Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way."

4 When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.

5 For the Lord had said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.' "

6 So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.

Exodus 33:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

33:4And the people hearing these very bad tidings, mourned: and no man put on his ornaments according to custom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

33:4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:4And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

33:4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man put on him his ornaments.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:4When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

33:4And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.