Deuteronomy 9:14

Deuteronomy 9:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
• New International Version (NIV)Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

Context of Deuteronomy 9:14

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.’ 13The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people. Leave 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. 16I saw how you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made a calf image for yourselves. You had quickly turned from the way the Lord had commanded for you.

Deuteronomy 9:14 word by word

הֶ֤רֶף מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ וְאַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם וְאֶמְחֶ֣ה אֶת־שְׁמָ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ אֽוֹתְךָ֔ לְגוֹי־עָצ֥וּם וָרָ֖ב מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let me aloneרָפָהrâphâh · to slackenH7503
• that I may destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• them, and blot outמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229
• their nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• from under heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and I will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• ofאֵת'êth · withH854
• thee a nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• mightierעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
• and greaterרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:14

• Exodus 32:10Now leave me alone, so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
• Isaiah 62:6Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen on your walls; they will never be silent, day or night. There is no rest for you, who remind the Lord.
• Jeremiah 14:11Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of these people.
• Jeremiah 15:1Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before me, my compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from my presence, and let them go.
• Luke 11:7Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’
• Luke 18:1Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.
• Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, his anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The Lord will blot out his name under heaven,
• Exodus 32:32Now if you would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book you have written.”
• Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.
• Psalms 109:13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
• Proverbs 10:7The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
• Revelation 3:5“In the same way, the one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.
• Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:14

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14blot out their name: The Lord threatened to destroy Israel's identity and existence (see study note on 7:24).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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 9:14

• Anger
• Humility
• Israel
• Moses

In the dictionaries

• 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