Deuteronomy 9 · Verse 20

Deuteronomy 9:20

And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Deuteronomy 9:20, King James Version

Deuteronomy 9:20 in other translations

BSBThe LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.
WEBThe LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
ASVAnd Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
YLT‘And with Aaron hath Jehovah shewed himself very angry, to destroy him, and I pray also for Aaron at that time;
DARBYAnd with Aaron Jehovah was very angry to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
BBEAnd the Lord, in his wrath, would have put Aaron to death: and I made prayer for Aaron at the same time.
WebsterAnd the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

What does Deuteronomy 9:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:12-29

12-29. Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people ... have corrupted themselves--With a view to humble them effectually, Moses proceeds to particularize some of the most atrocious instances of their infidelity. He begins with the impiety of the golden calf--an impiety which, while their miraculous emancipation from Egypt, the most stupendous displays of the Divine Majesty that were exhibited on the…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:7-29

That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath…

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Deuteronomy 9:20 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.

וּֽבְאַהֲרֹ֗ןu.ve.'a.ha.Ronand with AaronH175
הִתְאַנַּ֧ףhit.'a.Nafhe was angryH599
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מְאֹ֖דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
לְהַשְׁמִיד֑וֹle.hash.mi.Doto destroy himH8045
וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֛לva.'et.pa.Leland I prayedH6419
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
בְּעַ֥דbe.'AdforH1157
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
בָּעֵ֥תba.'Etat the timeH6256
הַהִֽואha.Hiv'<the> thatH1931

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 9:20

  • Exodus 32:21

    And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

  • Exodus 32:35

    And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

  • Hebrews 7:26-28

    For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

  • Exodus 32:2-5

    And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.

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Ex 32:2-5,21,35; Heb 7:26-28

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 9:19

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 9:20

    And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

  • Deuteronomy 9:21

    And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

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Deuteronomy 9:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Contra Aarón también se enojó Jehová en gran manera para destruirlo: y también oré por Aarón entonces.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel fut fort irrité contre Aaron, pour le détruire; et j’intercédai aussi pour Aaron, en ce temps-là;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch über Aaron zürnte Jehova sehr, so daß er ihn vertilgen wollte; und ich bat auch für Aaron in selbiger Zeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Adversum Aaron quoque vehementer iratus, voluit eum conterere, et pro illo similiter deprecatus sum.