God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 9:13
13The Lord also said to me, “I’ve seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with.
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
11At the end of the 40 days and 40 nights, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets with his promise on them. 12He told me, “Leave right away. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have ruined ⌞everything⌟. They’ve quickly turned from the way I commanded them to live. They’ve made an idol for themselves.” The Lord also said to me, “I’ve seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with. 14Leave me alone! I’ll destroy them and wipe their name off the earth. Then I’ll make you into a nation larger and stronger than they are.” 15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was still burning with fire. I was carrying the two tablets with the promise on them.
Read all of Deuteronomy 9Deuteronomy 9:13 word by word
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֑ר רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֖רֶף הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:13
- Genesis 11:5The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the descendants of Adam were building.
- Genesis 18:21I must go down and see whether these complaints are true. If not, I will know it.”
- Exodus 32:9The Lord added, “I’ve seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with.
- Psalms 50:7“Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God!
- Jeremiah 7:11The house that is called by my name has become a gathering place for thieves. I have seen what you are doing,’ ” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 13:27I have seen you commit adultery and squeal with delight. I have seen you act like a shameless prostitute on the hills and in the fields. How horrible it will be for you, Jerusalem! Will you ever be clean?”
- Hosea 6:10“I have seen horrible things in the nation of Israel. Ephraim is acting like a prostitute, and Israel is unclean.
- Malachi 3:5“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.
- Deuteronomy 9:6So understand this: It’s not because you’ve been living right that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess. You are impossible to deal with!
- Deuteronomy 10:16So circumcise your uncircumcised hearts, and don’t be impossible to deal with any longer.
- Deuteronomy 31:27I know how rebellious you are. You are impossible to deal with. While I am alive and still with you, you are rebelling against the Lord. How much more rebellious will you be after I die?
- 2 Kings 17:14But they refused to listen. They became as impossible to deal with as their ancestors who refused to trust 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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