Deuteronomy 9:17

Deuteronomy 9:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
• New International Version (NIV)So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.

Context of Deuteronomy 9:17

15So I turned and I went down the mountain. It was still burning with fire. I held the two stones with the covenant on them in my hands. 16When I looked, I saw that you had made an image of a calf as your idol. You really had done a very bad thing. You had quickly stopped doing the things that the Lord your God had commanded you to do. When I saw that, I threw the two flat stones down onto the ground. I broke them into pieces while you watched. 18Then I again fell down with my face on the ground, to pray to the Lord. I did that for 40 days and nights. I did not eat or drink anything. You had done an evil thing which caused the Lord to be very angry. 19I prayed, because the Lord had said that he would destroy you. He was so angry with you that I was very afraid. But the Lord listened to me this time too.

Deuteronomy 9:17 word by word

וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙ בִּשְׁנֵ֣י הַלֻּחֹ֔ת וָֽאַשְׁלִכֵ֔ם מֵעַ֖ל שְׁתֵּ֣י יָדָ֑י וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖ם לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I tookתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• tablesלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
• and castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• them out ofעַל‛al · uponH5921
• handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• and brakeשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• them before your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: before(the eyes)H5869

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:17

• 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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 9:17

• Humility
• Israel
• Moses
• Reproof
• Table

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