Deuteronomy 9:19

Deuteronomy 9:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also.
• New International Version (NIV)I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the Lord listened to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the Lord was angry with you, to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me at that time also.

Context of Deuteronomy 9:19

17When 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. I 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. 20The Lord was also angry with my brother Aaron. He wanted to kill Aaron. But at that time, I prayed for Aaron too. 21When you made that idol, it was a sin that you did. So I took that gold calf and I burned it in the fire. Then I beat it into powder, like dust. I threw the powder into a stream that ran down from the mountain.

Deuteronomy 9:19 word by word

כִּ֣י יָגֹ֗רְתִּי מִפְּנֵ֤י הָאַף֙ וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָצַ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם לְהַשְׁמִ֣יד אֶתְכֶ֑ם וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י גַּ֖ם בַּפַּ֥עַם הַהִֽוא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I was afraidיָגֹרyâgôr · to fearH3025
• ofפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• the angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• and hot displeasureחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• wherewith the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was wrothקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
• against you to destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• hearkenedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• unto me at that timeפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:19

• Deuteronomy 9:8When you were at Sinai you made him angry enough to destroy you.
• Exodus 32:10I am very angry with them and I will destroy them. Do not try to stop me. I will make your descendants into a great nation, instead of them.’
• Nehemiah 1:2Hanani, my brother, and some other men arrived from Judah. I asked them for news of the Jews who had returned there from exile in Babylon. I asked them for news about Jerusalem.
• Luke 12:4You are my friends, so I tell you this: do not be afraid of those people who can kill only your body. After that, they can do nothing worse to you.
• Deuteronomy 10:10I stayed on the mountain for 40 days and nights, as I did the first time. The Lord listened to my prayer. He decided that he would not destroy you.
• Exodus 32:14Then the Lord changed his mind. He did not bring the great trouble on his people as he had said he would.
• Exodus 33:17The Lord said to Moses, ‘I will certainly do what you have asked for. This is because I am pleased with you. I know you by your name.’
• Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron were two of his priests. Samuel was among those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them.
• Psalms 106:23So God said that he would destroy them. But God's servant, Moses, spoke on their behalf. He asked God not to be angry with his people, and God agreed.
• Amos 7:2I saw that the locusts came and they ate everything. I asked the Lord, ‘Lord God, please forgive your people. We cannot continue to live if those locusts destroy our food. We are too weak!’
• James 5:16So you should tell each other about any wrong things that you have done. Then you will be able to pray for each other, so that God makes you well again. When a good person prays to God, God does powerful things.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:19

• 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 9:19

• Anger
• Humility
• Intercession
• Israel
• Moses
• Reproof
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Carefully
• Prayer
• Rebellious
• Calf, Golden
• Fear
• Heat

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