They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
Parallel translations
- WEB They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
- KJV They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
- NKJV They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
- NASB They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
- NLT They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt—
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Quick answer
They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt. It matters because idolatry springs from forgetting God's saving acts.
Overview
In worshiping the calf, Israel forgot the God who had delivered them from Egypt (Exodus 32; Deuteronomy 6:12). Forgetting His mighty works left them vulnerable to false gods. The verse warns that spiritual amnesia toward God's salvation breeds unfaithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 78:42–51They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
- Ps 78:11–12They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
- Jer 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
- Ps 106:13Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
- Deut 32:17–18They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
- Titus 3:4–6But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Ps 135:9He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
- Deut 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Deut 10:21He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
- Titus 1:3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
- Neh 9:10–11You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
- Isa 45:21Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- Deut 6:22Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
- Deut 7:18–19But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Ps 74:13–14You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
- Titus 2:10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
- Isa 63:8For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- Hos 1:7Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
- Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
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