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

6You must understand this. The Lord your God is not giving you this good land to live in because you are doing right things. No! You are proud people who do not want to obey me. 7Remember how you made the Lord your God angry when you were in the desert. Never forget that! Since you left Egypt, you have always turned against the Lord your God. You have continued to make him angry all the time until you arrived here. When you were at Sinai you made him angry enough to destroy you. 9I climbed the mountain to meet with the Lord. I received the two flat stones with the covenant that he had made with you. I stayed there for 40 days and nights. During that time, I did not eat or drink anything. 10Then the Lord gave the two flat stones to me. He had written all his commands on the stones with his own finger. The Lord spoke those commands to you from middle of the fire. That was on the day when you all came together at the mountain.

Deuteronomy 9:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also in Horebחֹרֵבchôrêb · HorebH2722
• ye provokedקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was angryאָנַף'ânaph · be angryH599
• with you to have destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:8

• Exodus 32:16This was God's own work. He himself had written the words on the stones.
• Psalms 106:19At Horeb, the Israelites used gold to make a cow, and they worshipped it.

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