Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 9:13
13The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 9:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
- New International Version (NIV)And the Lord said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Furthermore, the Lord said to me, 'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Furthermore the Lord spoke to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people.
Context of Deuteronomy 9:13
11The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant, at the end of the forty days and forty nights. 12“The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go down immediately from here. For your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast image for themselves.’ The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people. 14Leave me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’ 15“So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֑ר רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֖רֶף הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:13
- Genesis 11:5Then the Lord came down to look over the city and the tower that the humans were building.
- Genesis 18:21I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to me. If not, I will find out.”
- Exodus 32:9The Lord also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
- Psalms 50:7“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.
- Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your view? Yes, I too have seen it. This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries and your lustful neighing, your depraved prostitution on the hills, in the fields — I have seen your abhorrent acts. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You are unclean — for how long yet?
- Hosea 6:10I have seen something horrible in the house of Israel: Ephraim’s promiscuity is there; Israel is defiled.
- Malachi 3:5“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident alien. They do not fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.
- Deuteronomy 9:6Understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.
- Deuteronomy 10:16Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.
- Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!
- 2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen. Instead they became obstinate like their ancestors who did not believe the Lord their God.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:13
- 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. 12-2912-29. Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people ... have corrupted themselves--With a view to humble them effectually, Moses proceeds to particularize some of the most atrocious instances of their infidelity. He begins with the impiety of the golden calf--an impiety which, while their miraculous emancipation from Egypt, the most stupendous displays of the Divine Majesty that were exhibited on the adjoining mount, and the recent ratification…Read the comment
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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
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