Exodus 32:18
“It is not the sound of the cry of triumph,
Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat;
But the sound of singing I hear.”
Exodus 32:18 — The New International Version (NIV)
18 Moses replied:
“It is not the sound of victory,
it is not the sound of defeat;
it is the sound of singing that I hear.”
Exodus 32:18 — English Standard Version (ESV)
18 But he said, “It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.”
Exodus 32:18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Exodus 32:18 — New Living Translation (NLT)
18 But Moses replied, “No, it’s not a shout of victory nor the wailing of defeat. I hear the sound of a celebration.”
Exodus 32:18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
18 But he said:
“It is not the noise of the shout of victory,
Nor the noise of the cry of defeat,
But the sound of singing I hear.”
Exodus 32:18 — New Century Version (NCV)
18 Moses answered:
“It is not a shout of victory;
it is not a cry of defeat.
It is the sound of singing that I hear.”
Exodus 32:18 — American Standard Version (ASV)
18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Exodus 32:18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
18 And he said, It is not the sound of a shout of victory, neither is it the sound of a shout of defeat: it is the noise of alternate singing I hear.
Exodus 32:18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
18 Moses replied,
“It’s not the sound of winners shouting.
It’s not the sound of losers crying.
It’s the sound of a wild celebrationthat I hear.”
Exodus 32:18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
18 But Moses replied:
It’s not the sound of a victory cry
and not the sound of a cry of defeat;
I hear the sound of singing!
Exodus 32:18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
18 But he said,
“It is not the sound made by victors,
or the sound made by losers;
it is the sound of revelers that I hear.”
Exodus 32:18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
18 But he said, “There is not a sound of shouting of victory, and there is not a sound of shouting of defeat. I hear a sound of singing.”
Exodus 32:18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
18 Moses replied,
“It’s not the sound of winning.
It’s not the sound of losing.
It’s the sound of singing that I hear.”