They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Parallel translations
- WEB They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
- BSB They forgot God their Savior, who did 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 remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
- Ps 78:11–12And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
- Jer 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
- Ps 106:13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
- Deut 32:17–18They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
- Titus 3:4–6But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
- Ps 135:9Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
- Deut 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Deut 10:21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
- Titus 1:3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
- Neh 9:10–11And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
- Isa 45:21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
- Deut 6:22And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
- Deut 7:18–19Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Ps 74:13–14Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
- Titus 2:10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
- Isa 63:8For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
- Hos 1:7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
- Luke 1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
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