Deuteronomy 9 · Verse 28

Deuteronomy 9:28

Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 9:28, King James Version

Deuteronomy 9:28 in other translations

BSBOtherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
WEBlest the land you brought us out from say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
ASVlest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
YLTlest the land say from which Thou hast brought us out, Because of Jehovah's want of ability to bring them in unto the land of which He hath spoken to them, and because of His hating them, He brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness;
DARBYlest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he had promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.
BBEOr it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land.
WebsterLest the land from which thou hast brought us should say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

What does Deuteronomy 9:28 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 9:28 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.

פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
יֹאמְר֗וּyo.me.Ruthey should sayH559
הָאָרֶץ֮ha.'a.Retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhereH834
הוֹצֵאתָ֣נוּho.tze.Ta.nuyou brought out usH3318
מִשָּׁם֒mi.Shamfrom thereH8033
מִבְּלִי֙mi.be.Libecause notH1097
יְכֹ֣לֶתye.Kho.letwas ableH3201
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לַהֲבִיאָ֕םla.ha.vi.'Amto bring themH935
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
דִּבֶּ֣רdi.Berhe spokeH1696
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
וּמִשִּׂנְאָת֣וֹu.mi.sin.'a.Toand from hatred hisH8135
אוֹתָ֔ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
הוֹצִיאָ֖םho.tzi.'Amhe led out themH3318
לַהֲמִתָ֥םla.ha.mi.Tamto put to death themH4191
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 9:28

  • Numbers 14:16

    Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

  • Exodus 32:12

    Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 9:27

    Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

  • Deuteronomy 9:28

    Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

  • Deuteronomy 9:29

    Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

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Deuteronomy 9:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque no digan los de la tierra de donde nos sacaste: Por cuanto no pudo Jehová introducirlos en la tierra que les había dicho, ó porque los aborrecía, los sacó para matarlos en el desierto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
de peur qu’on ne dise dans le pays d’où tu nous as fait sortir: Parce que l’ Éternel ne pouvait pas les faire entrer dans le pays qu’il leur avait promis, et parce qu’il les haïssait, il les a fait sortir pour les faire mourir dans le désert.
German
Elberfelder 1871
damit das Land, aus welchem du uns herausgeführt hast, nicht sage: Weil Jehova nicht imstande war, sie in das Land zu bringen, wovon er zu ihnen geredet hatte, und weil er sie haßte, hat er sie herausgeführt, um sie in der Wüste sterben zu lassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ne forte dicant habitatores terræ, de qua eduxisti nos: Non poterat Dominus introducere eos in terram, quam pollicitus est eis, et oderat illos: idcirco eduxit, ut interficeret eos in solitudine: