Deuteronomy 9:20

Deuteronomy 9:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
• New International Version (NIV)And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Context of Deuteronomy 9:20

18Then I fell down before the Lord like the first time, for forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you had committed by doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. 19For I was afraid of the anger and the rage with which the Lord was angry with you so as to destroy you; but the Lord listened to me that time as well. The Lord was also angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time. 21And I took your sinful thing which you had made, the calf, and burned it in the fire and crushed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the stream that came down from the mountain. 22“Then at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah you kept provoking the Lord to anger.

Deuteronomy 9:20 word by word

וּֽבְאַהֲרֹ֗ן הִתְאַנַּ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה מְאֹ֖ד לְהַשְׁמִיד֑וֹ וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֛ל גַּם־בְּעַ֥ד אַהֲרֹ֖ן בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽואRead the interlinear

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was also angryאָנַף'ânaph · be angryH599
• enoughמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• with Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• to destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• him; so I alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• prayedפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
• at the sameהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:20

• Exodus 32:2Aaron said to them, “Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
• Hebrews 7:26For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Israel could not even boast that its heads and representatives continued, faithful. Aaron had been already designated for the high priestly functions; but he fell away with the rest of the people. It was due therefore solely to the grace of God and the intercession of Moses that Aaron himself and his promised priesthood with him were not cut off; just as at a later time, when Aaron had actually to die for a new sin Israel owed it still to the same causes…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. 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 9:20

• Aaron
• Anger
• Humility
• Intercession
• Israel
• Moses
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Carefully
• Prayer
• 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