Deuteronomy 9
WEB·Deuteronomy 9
1Hear, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,
KJVHearH8085(H8798), O IsraelH3478: Thou art to pass overH5674(H8802) JordanH3383 this dayH3117, to go inH935(H8800) to possessH3423(H8800) nationsH1471 greaterH1419 and mightierH6099 than thyself, citiesH5892 greatH1419 and fenced upH1219(H8803) to heavenH8064,
2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”
KJVA peopleH5971 greatH1419 and tallH7311(H8802), the childrenH1121 of the AnakimsH6062, whom thou knowestH3045(H8804), and of whom thou hast heardH8085(H8804) say, Who can standH3320(H8691) beforeH6440 the childrenH1121 of AnakH6061!
3 Know therefore today that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them and he will bring them down before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.
KJVUnderstandH3045(H8804) therefore this dayH3117, that the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 is he which goeth overH5674(H8802) beforeH6440 thee; as a consumingH398(H8802) fireH784 he shall destroyH8045(H8686) them, and he shall bring them downH3665(H8686) before thy faceH6440: so shalt thou drive them outH3423(H8689), and destroyH6(H8689) them quicklyH4118, as the LORDH3068 hath saidH1696(H8765) unto thee.
4 Don’t say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, “For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;” because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.
KJVSpeakH559(H8799) not thou in thine heartH3824, after that the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath cast them outH1920(H8800) from beforeH6440 thee, sayingH559(H8800), For my righteousnessH6666 the LORDH3068 hath brought me inH935(H8689) to possessH3423(H8800) this landH776: but for the wickednessH7564 of these nationsH1471 the LORDH3068 doth drive them outH3423(H8688) from beforeH6440 thee.
5 Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
KJVNot for thy righteousnessH6666, or for the uprightnessH3476 of thine heartH3824, dost thou goH935(H8802) to possessH3423(H8800) their landH776: but for the wickednessH7564 of these nationsH1471 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 doth drive them outH3423(H8688) from beforeH6440 thee, and that he may performH6965(H8687) the wordH1697 which the LORDH3068 swareH7650(H8738) unto thy fathersH1, AbrahamH85, IsaacH3327, and JacobH3290.
6 Know therefore that Yahweh your God doesn’t give you this good land to possess for your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.
KJVUnderstandH3045(H8804) therefore, that the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 givethH5414(H8802) thee not this goodH2896 landH776 to possessH3423(H8800) it for thy righteousnessH6666; for thou art a stiffneckedH6203H7186 peopleH5971.
7 Remember, and don’t forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
KJVRememberH2142(H8798), and forgetH7911(H8799) not, how thou provokedst the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 to wrathH7107(H8689) in the wildernessH4057: fromH4480 the dayH3117 that thou didst depart outH3318(H8804) of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, until ye cameH935(H8800) unto this placeH4725, ye have been rebelliousH4784(H8688) againstH5973 the LORDH3068.
8 Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you.
KJVAlso in HorebH2722 ye provokedH7107 the LORDH3068 to wrathH7107(H8689), so that the LORDH3068 was angryH599(H8691) with you to have destroyedH8045(H8687) you.
9 When I had gone up onto the mountain to receive the stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
KJVWhen I was gone upH5927(H8800) into the mountH2022 to receiveH3947(H8800) the tablesH3871 of stoneH68, even the tablesH3871 of the covenantH1285 which the LORDH3068 madeH3772(H8804) with you, then I abodeH3427(H8799) in the mountH2022 fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915, I neither did eatH398(H8804) breadH3899 nor drinkH8354(H8804) waterH4325:
10 Yahweh delivered to me the two stone tablets written with God’s finger. On them were all the words which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 deliveredH5414(H8799) unto me twoH8147 tablesH3871 of stoneH68 writtenH3789(H8803) with the fingerH676 of GodH430; and on them was written according to all the wordsH1697, which the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8765) with you in the mountH2022 out of the midstH8432 of the fireH784 in the dayH3117 of the assemblyH6951.
11 It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights that Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant.
KJVAnd it came to pass at the endH7093 of fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915, that the LORDH3068 gaveH5414(H8804) me the twoH8147 tablesH3871 of stoneH68, even the tablesH3871 of the covenantH1285.
12 Yahweh said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned away from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves!”
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 saidH559(H8799) unto me, AriseH6965(H8798), get thee downH3381(H8798) quicklyH4118 from hence; for thy peopleH5971 which thou hast brought forthH3318(H8689) out of EgyptH4714 have corruptedH7843(H8765) themselves; they are quicklyH4118 turned asideH5493(H8804) out of the wayH1870 which I commandedH6680(H8765) them; they have madeH6213(H8804) them a molten imageH4541.
13 Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
KJVFurthermore the LORDH3068 spakeH559(H8799) unto me, sayingH559(H8800), I have seenH7200(H8804) this peopleH5971, and, behold, it is a stiffneckedH6203H7186 peopleH5971:
14 Leave me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.”
KJVLet me aloneH7503(H8685), that I may destroyH8045(H8686) them, and blot outH4229(H8799) their nameH8034 from under heavenH8064: and I will makeH6213(H8799) ofH854 thee a nationH1471 mightierH6099 and greaterH7227 than they.
15 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
KJVSo I turnedH6437(H8799) and came downH3381(H8799) from the mountH2022, and the mountH2022 burnedH1197(H8802) with fireH784: and the twoH8147 tablesH3871 of the covenantH1285 were in my twoH8147 handsH3027.
16 I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly turned away from the way which Yahweh had commanded you.
KJVAnd I lookedH7200(H8799), and, behold, ye had sinnedH2398(H8804) against the LORDH3068 your GodH430, and had madeH6213(H8804) you a moltenH4541 calfH5695: ye had turned asideH5493(H8804) quicklyH4118 out of the wayH1870 which the LORDH3068 had commandedH6680(H8765) you.
17 I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
KJVAnd I tookH8610(H8799) the twoH8147 tablesH3871, and castH7993(H8686) them out ofH5921 my twoH8147 handsH3027, and brakeH7665(H8762) them before your eyesH5869.
18 I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
KJVAnd I fell downH5307(H8691) beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, as at the firstH7223, fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915: I did neither eatH398(H8804) breadH3899, nor drinkH8354(H8804) waterH4325, because of all your sinsH2403 which ye sinnedH2398(H8804), in doingH6213(H8800) wickedlyH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068, to provoke him to angerH3707(H8687).
19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also.
KJVFor I was afraidH3025(H8804) ofH6440 the angerH639 and hot displeasureH2534, wherewith the LORDH3068 was wrothH7107(H8804) against you to destroyH8045(H8687) you. But the LORDH3068 hearkenedH8085(H8799) unto me at that timeH6471 also.
20 Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 was veryH3966 angryH599(H8694) with AaronH175 to have destroyedH8045(H8687) him: and I prayedH6419(H8691) for AaronH175 also the same timeH6256.
21 I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
KJVAnd I tookH3947(H8804) your sinH2403, the calfH5695 which ye had madeH6213(H8804), and burntH8313(H8799) it with fireH784, and stampedH3807(H8799) it, and groundH2912(H8800) it very smallH3190(H8687), even until it was as smallH1854(H8804) as dustH6083: and I castH7993(H8686) the dustH6083 thereof into the brookH5158 that descended outH3381(H8802) of the mountH2022.
22 At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to wrath.
KJVAnd at TaberahH8404, and at MassahH4532, and at KibrothhattaavahH6914, ye provoked the LORDH3068 to wrathH7107(H8688).
23 When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you,” you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn’t believe him or listen to his voice.
KJVLikewise when the LORDH3068 sentH7971(H8800) you from KadeshbarneaH6947, sayingH559(H8800), Go upH5927(H8798) and possessH3423(H8798) the landH776 which I have givenH5414(H8804) you; then ye rebelledH4784(H8686) against the commandmentH6310 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430, and ye believedH539(H8689) him not, nor hearkenedH8085(H8804) to his voiceH6963.
24 You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that I knew you.
KJVYe have been rebelliousH4784(H8688) against the LORDH3068 from the dayH3117 that I knewH3045(H8800) you.
25 So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.
KJVThus I fell downH5307(H8691) beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915, as I fell downH5307(H8694) at the first; because the LORDH3068 had saidH559(H8804) he would destroyH8045(H8687) you.
26 I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
KJVI prayedH6419(H8691) therefore unto the LORDH3068, and saidH559(H8799), O LordH136 GODH3069, destroyH7843(H8686) not thy peopleH5971 and thine inheritanceH5159, which thou hast redeemedH6299(H8804) through thy greatnessH1433, which thou hast brought forthH3318(H8689) out of EgyptH4714 with a mightyH2389 handH3027.
27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin,
KJVRememberH2142(H8798) thy servantsH5650, AbrahamH85, IsaacH3327, and JacobH3290; lookH6437(H8799) not unto the stubbornnessH7190 of this peopleH5971, nor to their wickednessH7562, nor to their sinH2403:
28 lest the land you brought us out from say, ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
KJVLest the landH776 whence thou broughtest us outH3318(H8689) sayH559(H8799), Because the LORDH3068 was not ableH3201(H8800) to bringH935(H8687) them into the landH776 which he promisedH1696(H8765) them, and because he hatedH8135 them, he hath brought them outH3318(H8689) to slayH4191(H8687) them in the wildernessH4057.
29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.”
KJVYet they are thy peopleH5971 and thine inheritanceH5159, which thou broughtest outH3318(H8689) by thy mightyH1419 powerH3581 and by thy stretched outH5186(H8803) armH2220.
Deuteronomy 9
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