Deuteronomy 10 · Verse 10

Deuteronomy 10:10

And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee.
Deuteronomy 10:10, King James Version

Deuteronomy 10:10 in other translations

BSBI 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.
WEBI stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD listened to me that time also. The LORD would not destroy you.
ASVAnd I stayed in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also; Jehovah would not destroy thee.
YLT‘And I--I have stood in the mount, as the former days, forty days and forty nights, and Jehovah hearkeneth unto me also at that time; Jehovah hath not willed to destroy thee.
DARBYBut I stood upon the mountain according to the former days, forty days and forty nights; and Jehovah listened unto me also at that time: Jehovah would not destroy thee.
BBEAnd I was in the mountain, as at the first time, for forty days and forty nights; and again the ears of the Lord were open to my prayer, and he did not send destruction on you.
WebsterAnd I stayed in the mount, according to the first-time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened to me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.

What does Deuteronomy 10:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 10:10-22
10-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:1-11

Moses reminded the Israelites of God's great mercy to them, notwithstanding their provocations. There were four things in and by which the Lord showed himself reconciled to Israel. God gave them his law. Thus God has intrusted us with Bibles, sabbaths, and sacraments, as tokens of his presence and favour. God led them forward toward Canaan. He appointed a standing ministry among them for holy things. And now, under…

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Deuteronomy 10:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאָנֹכִ֞יve.'a.no.Khiand IH595
עָמַ֣דְתִּי'a.Mad.tiI remainedH5975
בָהָ֗רva.Haron the mountainH2022
כַּיָּמִים֙kai.ya.Mimlike the daysH3117
הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםha.Ri.sho.Nim<the> formerH7223
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
י֔וֹםYomday[s]H3117
וְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםve.'ar.ba.'Imand fortyH705
לָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahnight[s]H3915
וַיִּשְׁמַ֨עvai.yish.Ma'and he listenedH8085
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413
גַּ֚םgamalsoH1571
בַּפַּ֣עַםba.Pa.'amat the timeH6471
הַהִ֔ואha.Hiv'<the> thatH1931
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
אָבָ֥ה'a.Vahhe was willingH14
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ\׃hash.chi.Te.khato destroy youH7843

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 10:10

  • Deuteronomy 9:25

    Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

  • Deuteronomy 9:18-19

    And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 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.

  • Exodus 34:28

    And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • Exodus 32:33-34

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

  • Exodus 33:17

    And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

  • Exodus 24:18

    And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

  • Exodus 32:14

    And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

  • Matthew 27:42

    He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

  • Deuteronomy 3:23-27

    And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I stayed.
9:18,25; Ex 24:18; 34:28
first time. or, former days. the Lord hearkened.
3:23-27; 9:19; Ex 32:14,33,34; 33:17; Mt 27:42

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 10:9

    Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.

  • Deuteronomy 10:10

    And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee.

  • Deuteronomy 10:11

    And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

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Deuteronomy 10:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y yo estuve en el monte como los primeros días, cuarenta días y cuarenta noches; y Jehová me oyó también esta vez, y no quiso Jehová destruirte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et moi, je me tins sur la montagne comme les jours précédents, 40 jours et 40 nuits; et l’ Éternel m’écouta aussi cette fois-là: l’ Éternel ne voulut pas te détruire.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich aber blieb auf dem Berge, wie die vorigen Tage, vierzig Tage und vierzig Nächte, und Jehova erhörte mich auch dieses Mal; Jehova wollte dich nicht verderben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego autem steti in monte, sicut prius, quadraginta diebus ac noctibus: exaudivitque me Dominus etiam hac vice, et te perdere noluit.