King James Version
Exodus 33:4 in the King James Version says “And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.”
Exodus 33:4 · KJV
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“And when the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“tidings”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and no man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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