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

6“Know, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people. 7Remember, do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to anger, and the Lord was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you. 9When I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I remained on the mountain for forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water. 10The Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the Lord had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

Deuteronomy 9:8 word by word

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

• at Horebחֹרֵבchôrêb · HorebH2722
• you provokedקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was so angryאָנַף'ânaph · be angryH599
• with you that He would have destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:8

• Exodus 32:16The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing engraved on the tablets.
• Psalms 106:19They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a cast metal image.

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