Deuteronomy 9 · Verse 8

Deuteronomy 9:8

Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Deuteronomy 9:8, King James Version

Deuteronomy 9:8 in other translations

BSBAt Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.
WEBAlso in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was angry with you to destroy you.
ASVAlso in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.
YLTeven in Horeb ye have made Jehovah wroth, and Jehovah sheweth Himself angry against you--to destroy you.
DARBYAnd at Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you, to destroy you,
BBEAgain in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.
WebsterAlso in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

What does Deuteronomy 9:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. Also in Horeb--rather, "even in Horeb," where it might have been expected they would have acted otherwise.

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

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…

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 9:7-29 →

Deuteronomy 9:8 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.

וּבְחֹרֵ֥בu.ve.cho.Revand at HorebH2722
הִקְצַפְתֶּ֖םhik.tzaf.Temyou provoked to angerH7107
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיִּתְאַנַּ֧ףvai.yit.'a.Nafand he was angryH599
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בָּכֶ֖םba.Khemwith <the> you
לְהַשְׁמִ֥ידle.hash.Midto destroyH8045
אֶתְכֶֽם\׃'et.Khem<obj.> youH853

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 9:8

  • Psalms 106:19-22

    They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

  • Exodus 32:16

    And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

  • Exodus 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: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Also in Horeb.Or rather, "Even at Horeb," for there is a peculiar emphasis here, even there where they had lately received the law, attended with the most astonishing appearances and circumstances.
Ex 32:16; Ps 106:19-22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 9:7

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 9:8

    Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you.

  • Deuteronomy 9:9

    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:

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Deuteronomy 9:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y en Horeb provocasteis á ira á Jehová, y enojóse Jehová contra vosotros para destruiros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et à Horeb, vous avez excité à colère l’ Éternel, et l’ Éternel s’irrita contre vous, pour vous détruire:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und am Horeb erzürntet ihr Jehova; und Jehova ergrimmte über euch, so daß er euch vertilgen wollte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nam et in Horeb provocasti eum, et iratus delere te voluit,