Deuteronomy 9:8
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.
7 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.
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:
10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.
- KJV
- Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
- WEB
- Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was angry with you to destroy you.
- ASV
- Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.
- DARBY
- And at Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you, to destroy you,
- BLB
- And in Horeb you⁺ provoked YHWH to wrath, and YHWH was angry with you⁺ to destroy you⁺.
- ÅB
- Allerede ved Horeb vakte dere Herrens vrede, og Herren harmedes på dere, så han ville ha gjort ende på dere.
- OTB
- Ved Horeb vakte du Herrens vrede slik at Han var klar til å ødelegge deg.
- B1930
- Allerede ved Horeb vakte I Herrens vrede, og Herren harmedes på eder, så han vilde ha gjort ende på eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 106:19–22
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Read in contextExodus 32:16
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Read in contextExodus 32:7–10
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Read in context