Deuteronomy 9:7
5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
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
- Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
- KJV
- Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
- WEB
- Remember, and don’t forget, how you provoked the LORD 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 the LORD.
- ASV
- Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.
- DARBY
- Remember, forget not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.
- BLB
- Remember—do not forget—how you provoked YHWH your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until you⁺ came to this place, you⁺ have been rebellious against YHWH.
- ÅB
- Kom i hu og glem ikke hvordan du vakte Herrens, din Guds vrede i ørkenen! Like fra den dag du gikk ut av Egypt, og til dere kom til dette sted, har dere vært gjenstridige mot Herren.
- OTB
- Husk og glem ikke hvordan du vakte Herren din Guds vrede i ørkenen. Fra den dagen du dro ut av Egypt til du kom hit, har du vært opprørsk mot Herren.
- B1930
- Kom i hu og glem ikke hvorledes du vakte Herrens, din Guds vrede i ørkenen! Like fra den dag du gikk ut av Egyptens land, og til I kom til dette sted, har I vært gjenstridige mot Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Read in contextExodus 16:2
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
Read in contextNumbers 21:5
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Read in contextNumbers 25:2
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Read in contextNumbers 11:4
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Read in contextEphesians 2:11
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Read in contextNehemiah 9:16–18
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Read in contextPsalms 95:8–11
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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