Deuteronomy 9:14

Deuteronomy 9:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
• New International Version (NIV)Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

Context of Deuteronomy 9:14

12Adonai said to me, ‘Get up! Go quickly down from here, for your people whom you brought out from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.’ 13Furthermore Adonai spoke to me saying, ‘I have seen this people, and it is indeed a stiff-necked people. Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they.’ 15“So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire. Now the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. 16When I looked, you had indeed sinned against Adonai your God—you had made yourselves a metal calf. So quickly you had turned aside from the way Adonai had commanded you!

Deuteronomy 9:14 word by word

הֶ֤רֶף מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ וְאַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם וְאֶמְחֶ֣ה אֶת־שְׁמָ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ אֽוֹתְךָ֔ לְגוֹי־עָצ֥וּם וָרָ֖ב מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let me aloneרָפָהrâphâh · to slackenH7503
• that I may destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• them, and blot outמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229
• their nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• from under heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and I will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• ofאֵת'êth · withH854
• thee a nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• mightierעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
• and greaterרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:14

• Exodus 32:10Now therefore, leave Me alone, so My wrath may burn hot against them, and so I may consume them—and make from you a great nation!”
• Isaiah 62:6On your walls, Jerusalem, I have set watchmen. All day and all night, they will never hold their peace. “You who remind Adonai, take no rest for yourselves,
• Jeremiah 14:11So Adonai said to me: “Do not pray for the good of this people.
• Jeremiah 15:1Then said Adonai to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul could not be toward this people. Cast them out of My presence, and let them go out!”
• Luke 11:7Then from within he may answer, saying, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’
• Luke 18:1Then Yeshua told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not be discouraged,
• Acts 7:51“O you stiff-necked people! You uncircumcised of heart and ears! You always resist the Ruach ha-Kodesh; just as your fathers did, you do as well.
• Deuteronomy 29:20Adonai will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for ­calamity, according to all the oaths of the covenant written in this scroll of the Torah.
• Exodus 32:32Yet now, please forgive their sin. But if not, please blot me out of Your book that You have written.”
• Psalms 9:5For You upheld my right and my cause. You sat upon the throne, judging righteously.
• Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation.
• Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
• Revelation 3:5The one who overcomes thus will be dressed in white clothes; I will never blot his name out of the Book of Life, and will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
• Numbers 14:11Adonai said to Moses, “How long will these people treat Me contemptibly? How long will they neglect to trust in Me—in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:14

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14blot out their name: The Lord threatened to destroy Israel's identity and existence (see study note on 7:24).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 9:14

• Anger
• Humility
• Israel
• Moses

In the dictionaries

• 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