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

17I took the two tablets, threw them down, and smashed them in front of you. 18Once again I threw myself down in front of the Lord. I went without food and water for 40 days and 40 nights because of the sin you committed. You did what the Lord considered evil and made him furious. I was terrified of the Lord’s anger and fury. He was so angry he wanted to destroy you. But once more the Lord listened to me. 20The Lord also became very angry with Aaron and wanted to destroy him. But at that time I prayed for Aaron, too. 21I took that sinful calf you made and burned it. I crushed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as powder. Then I threw the powder into the river that flowed down 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 9:8Even at Mount Horeb you made the Lord so angry that he wanted to destroy you.
• Exodus 32:10Now leave me alone. I’m so angry with them I am going to destroy them. Then I’ll make you into a great nation.”
• Nehemiah 1:2one of my brothers, Hanani, arrived with some men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had survived captivity and about Jerusalem.
• Luke 12:4“My friends, I can guarantee that you don’t need to be afraid of those who kill the body. After that they can’t do anything more.
• Deuteronomy 10:10I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights as I did the first time. Once again the Lord listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
• Exodus 32:14So the Lord reconsidered his threat to destroy his people.
• Exodus 33:17The Lord answered Moses, “I will do what you have asked, because I am pleased with you, and I know you by name.”
• Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron were among his priests. Samuel was among those who prayed to him. They called to the Lord, and he answered them.
• Psalms 106:23God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them.
• Amos 7:2When the locusts had finished eating every plant in the land, I said, “Almighty Lord, please forgive us! How can ⌞the descendants of⌟ Jacob survive? There are so few of them.”
• James 5:16So admit your sins to each other, and pray for each other so that you will be healed. Prayers offered by those who have God’s approval are effective.

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