And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: you know the people, that they are set on mischief.
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: you know the people, that they are set on mischief.
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are'set on evil.
And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people that they are set on mischief.
Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.
Thou knowest the people - He excuses himself by the wicked and seditious spirit of the people, intimating that he was obliged to accede to their desires.
Aaron's reference to the character of the people, and his manner of stating what he had done Exodus 5:24, are very characteristic of the deprecating language of a weak mind.