Deuteronomy 9:8

Deuteronomy 9:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you.
• New International Version (NIV)At Horeb you aroused the Lord’s wrath so that he was angry enough to destroy you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry enough with you to have destroyed you.

Context of Deuteronomy 9:8

6Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people. 7Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD. At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you. 9When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. 10Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.

Deuteronomy 9:8 word by word

וּבְחֹרֵ֥ב הִקְצַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּתְאַנַּ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה בָּכֶ֖ם לְהַשְׁמִ֥יד אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• At Horebחֹרֵבchôrêb · HorebH2722
• you provokedקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was angry enoughאָנַף'ânaph · be angryH599
• to destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:8

• Exodus 32:16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
• Psalms 106:19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Also in Horeb - Rather, “even in Horeb.” The time and circumstances made the apostasy at Horeb particularly inexcusable.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-29Verses 7-29 That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath and the curse at God's hand…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Also in Horeb--rather, "even in Horeb," where it might have been expected they would have acted otherwise.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 9:8

• Horeb
• Humility

In the dictionaries

• Horeb
• Sinai, Horeb
• Carefully
• Rebellious
• Calf, Golden

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings