Deuteronomy 9:19

¹⁷ So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.

¹⁸ Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.

For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.

²⁰ The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.

²¹ And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
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.
WEB: For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also.
ASV: For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also.
DARBY: For I was afraid of the anger and fury wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. And Jehovah listened unto me also at that time.
BLB: For I was afraid of the anger and the fury with which YHWH was angry with you⁺, to destroy you⁺. And YHWH listened to me also at that time.

ÅB: For jeg fryktet for den vrede og harme som ble opptent mot dere hos Herren, så han ville gjøre ende på dere. Og Herren hørte meg denne gang og.
OTB: Jeg var redd for Herrens voldsomme vrede, som var så sint på deg at Han var klar til å ødelegge deg. Men Herren lyttet til meg den gangen også.
B1930: For jeg fryktet for den vrede og harme som optendtes mot eder hos Herren, så han vilde gjøre ende på eder. Og Herren hørte mig denne gang og.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 32:14
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
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James 5:16–17
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
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Deuteronomy 10:10
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
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Exodus 32:10–11
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
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Psalms 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
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Exodus 33:17
So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
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Nehemiah 1:2–7
Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
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Luke 12:4–5
I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
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