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Deuteronomy 9 (WEBP)
[1] Hear, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,
[2] a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”
[3] Know therefore today that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them and he will bring them down before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.
[4] Don’t say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, “For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;” because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.
[5] Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[6] Know therefore that Yahweh your God doesn’t give you this good land to possess for your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.
[7] Remember, and don’t forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
[8] Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you.
[9] When I had gone up onto the mountain to receive the stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
[10] Yahweh delivered to me the two stone tablets written with God’s finger. On them were all the words which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly.
[11] It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights that Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant.
[12] Yahweh said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned away from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves!”
[13] Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
[14] Leave me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.”
[15] So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
[16] I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly turned away from the way which Yahweh had commanded you.
[17] I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
[18] I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
[19] For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also.
[20] Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
[21] I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
[22] At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to wrath.
[23] When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you,” you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn’t believe him or listen to his voice.
[24] You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that I knew you.
[25] So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.
[26] I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
[27] Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin,
[28] lest the land you brought us out from say, ‘Because Yahweh 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.’
[29] Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.”
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King James w/Strong’s #s
Deuteronomy 9 (KJVS)
[1] Hear H8085 (8798), O Israel H3478: Thou [art] to pass over H5674 (8802) Jordan H3383 this day H3117, to go in H935 (8800) to possess H3423 (8800) nations H1471 greater H1419 and mightier H6099 than thyself, cities H5892 great H1419 and fenced up H1219 (8803) to heaven H8064,
[2] A people H5971 great H1419 and tall H7311 (8802), the children H1121 of the Anakims H6062, whom thou knowest H3045 (8804), and [of whom] thou hast heard H8085 (8804) [say], Who can stand H3320 (8691) before H6440 the children H1121 of Anak H6061!
[3] Understand H3045 (8804) therefore this day H3117, that the LORD H3068 thy God H430 [is] he which goeth over H5674 (8802) before H6440 thee; [as] a consuming H398 (8802) fire H784 he shall destroy H8045 (8686) them, and he shall bring them down H3665 (8686) before thy face H6440: so shalt thou drive them out H3423 (8689), and destroy H6 (8689) them quickly H4118, as the LORD H3068 hath said H1696 (8765) unto thee.
[4] Speak H559 (8799) not thou in thine heart H3824, after that the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath cast them out H1920 (8800) from before H6440 thee, saying H559 (8800), For my righteousness H6666 the LORD H3068 hath brought me in H935 (8689) to possess H3423 (8800) this land H776: but for the wickedness H7564 of these nations H1471 the LORD H3068 doth drive them out H3423 (8688) from before H6440 thee.
[5] Not for thy righteousness H6666, or for the uprightness H3476 of thine heart H3824, dost thou go H935 (8802) to possess H3423 (8800) their land H776: but for the wickedness H7564 of these nations H1471 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 doth drive them out H3423 (8688) from before H6440 thee, and that he may perform H6965 (8687) the word H1697 which the LORD H3068 sware H7650 (8738) unto thy fathers H1, Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290.
[6] Understand H3045 (8804) therefore, that the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (8802) thee not this good H2896 land H776 to possess H3423 (8800) it for thy righteousness H6666; for thou [art] a stiffnecked H6203 H7186 people H5971.
[7] Remember H2142 (8798), [and] forget H7911 (8799) not, how thou provokedst the LORD H3068 thy God H430 to wrath H7107 (8689) in the wilderness H4057: from H4480 the day H3117 that thou didst depart out H3318 (8804) of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, until ye came H935 (8800) unto this place H4725, ye have been rebellious H4784 (8688) against H5973 the LORD H3068.
[8] Also in Horeb H2722 ye provoked H7107 the LORD H3068 to wrath H7107 (8689), so that the LORD H3068 was angry H599 (8691) with you to have destroyed H8045 (8687) you.
[9] When I was gone up H5927 (8800) into the mount H2022 to receive H3947 (8800) the tables H3871 of stone H68, [even] the tables H3871 of the covenant H1285 which the LORD H3068 made H3772 (8804) with you, then I abode H3427 (8799) in the mount H2022 forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915, I neither did eat H398 (8804) bread H3899 nor drink H8354 (8804) water H4325:
[10] And the LORD H3068 delivered H5414 (8799) unto me two H8147 tables H3871 of stone H68 written H3789 (8803) with the finger H676 of God H430; and on them [was written] according to all the words H1697, which the LORD H3068 spake H1696 (8765) with you in the mount H2022 out of the midst H8432 of the fire H784 in the day H3117 of the assembly H6951.
[11] And it came to pass at the end H7093 of forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915, [that] the LORD H3068 gave H5414 (8804) me the two H8147 tables H3871 of stone H68, [even] the tables H3871 of the covenant H1285.
[12] And the LORD H3068 said H559 (8799) unto me, Arise H6965 (8798), get thee down H3381 (8798) quickly H4118 from hence; for thy people H5971 which thou hast brought forth H3318 (8689) out of Egypt H4714 have corrupted H7843 (8765) [themselves]; they are quickly H4118 turned aside H5493 (8804) out of the way H1870 which I commanded H6680 (8765) them; they have made H6213 (8804) them a molten image H4541.
[13] Furthermore the LORD H3068 spake H559 (8799) unto me, saying H559 (8800), I have seen H7200 (8804) this people H5971, and, behold, it [is] a stiffnecked H6203 H7186 people H5971:
[14] Let me alone H7503 (8685), that I may destroy H8045 (8686) them, and blot out H4229 (8799) their name H8034 from under heaven H8064: and I will make H6213 (8799) of H854 thee a nation H1471 mightier H6099 and greater H7227 than they.
[15] So I turned H6437 (8799) and came down H3381 (8799) from the mount H2022, and the mount H2022 burned H1197 (8802) with fire H784: and the two H8147 tables H3871 of the covenant H1285 [were] in my two H8147 hands H3027.
[16] And I looked H7200 (8799), and, behold, ye had sinned H2398 (8804) against the LORD H3068 your God H430, [and] had made H6213 (8804) you a molten H4541 calf H5695: ye had turned aside H5493 (8804) quickly H4118 out of the way H1870 which the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 (8765) you.
[17] And I took H8610 (8799) the two H8147 tables H3871, and cast H7993 (8686) them out of H5921 my two H8147 hands H3027, and brake H7665 (8762) them before your eyes H5869.
[18] And I fell down H5307 (8691) before H6440 the LORD H3068, as at the first H7223, forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915: I did neither eat H398 (8804) bread H3899, nor drink H8354 (8804) water H4325, because of all your sins H2403 which ye sinned H2398 (8804), in doing H6213 (8800) wickedly H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, to provoke him to anger H3707 (8687).
[19] For I was afraid H3025 (8804) of H6440 the anger H639 and hot displeasure H2534, wherewith the LORD H3068 was wroth H7107 (8804) against you to destroy H8045 (8687) you. But the LORD H3068 hearkened H8085 (8799) unto me at that time H6471 also.
[20] And the LORD H3068 was very H3966 angry H599 (8694) with Aaron H175 to have destroyed H8045 (8687) him: and I prayed H6419 (8691) for Aaron H175 also the same time H6256.
[21] And I took H3947 (8804) your sin H2403, the calf H5695 which ye had made H6213 (8804), and burnt H8313 (8799) it with fire H784, and stamped H3807 (8799) it, [and] ground H2912 (8800) [it] very small H3190 (8687), [even] until it was as small H1854 (8804) as dust H6083: and I cast H7993 (8686) the dust H6083 thereof into the brook H5158 that descended out H3381 (8802) of the mount H2022.
[22] And at Taberah H8404, and at Massah H4532, and at Kibrothhattaavah H6914, ye provoked the LORD H3068 to wrath H7107 (8688).
[23] Likewise when the LORD H3068 sent H7971 (8800) you from Kadeshbarnea H6947, saying H559 (8800), Go up H5927 (8798) and possess H3423 (8798) the land H776 which I have given H5414 (8804) you; then ye rebelled H4784 (8686) against the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 your God H430, and ye believed H539 (8689) him not, nor hearkened H8085 (8804) to his voice H6963.
[24] Ye have been rebellious H4784 (8688) against the LORD H3068 from the day H3117 that I knew H3045 (8800) you.
[25] Thus I fell down H5307 (8691) before H6440 the LORD H3068 forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915, as I fell down H5307 (8694) [at the first]; because the LORD H3068 had said H559 (8804) he would destroy H8045 (8687) you.
[26] I prayed H6419 (8691) therefore unto the LORD H3068, and said H559 (8799), O Lord H136 GOD H3069, destroy H7843 (8686) not thy people H5971 and thine inheritance H5159, which thou hast redeemed H6299 (8804) through thy greatness H1433, which thou hast brought forth H3318 (8689) out of Egypt H4714 with a mighty H2389 hand H3027.
[27] Remember H2142 (8798) thy servants H5650, Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290; look H6437 (8799) not unto the stubbornness H7190 of this people H5971, nor to their wickedness H7562, nor to their sin H2403:
[28] Lest the land H776 whence thou broughtest us out H3318 (8689) say H559 (8799), Because the LORD H3068 was not able H3201 (8800) to bring H935 (8687) them into the land H776 which he promised H1696 (8765) them, and because he hated H8135 them, he hath brought them out H3318 (8689) to slay H4191 (8687) them in the wilderness H4057.
[29] Yet they [are] thy people H5971 and thine inheritance H5159, which thou broughtest out H3318 (8689) by thy mighty H1419 power H3581 and by thy stretched out H5186 (8803) arm H2220.
Young’s Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 9 (YLT)
[1] ‘Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens;
[2] a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou-thou hast known, (and thou-thou hast heard: Who doth station himself before sons of Anak?)
[3] and thou hast known to-day, that Jehovah thy God is He who is passing over before thee-a fire consuming; He doth destroy them, and He doth humble them before thee, and thou hast dispossessed them, and destroyed them hastily, as Jehovah hath spoken to thee.
[4] ‘Thou dost not speak in thy heart (in Jehovah thy God’s driving them away from before thee), saying, For my righteousness hath Jehovah brought me in to possess this land, seeing for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah dispossessing them from thy presence;
[5] not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
[6] and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou art.
[7] ‘Remember-do not forget-that with which thou hast made Jehovah thy God wroth in the wilderness; even from the day that thou hast come out of the land of Egypt till your coming in unto this place rebels ye have been with Jehovah;
[8] even in Horeb ye have made Jehovah wroth, and Jehovah sheweth Himself angry against you-to destroy you.
[9] ‘In my going up into the mount to receive the tables of stone (tables of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you), and I abide in the mount forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk;
[10] and Jehovah giveth unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and on them according to all the words which Jehovah hath spoken with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly.
[11] ‘And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, Jehovah hath given unto me the two tables of stone-tables of the covenant,
[12] and Jehovah saith unto me, Rise, go down, hasten from this, for thy people hath done corruptly, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt; they have turned aside hastily out of the way which I have commanded them-they have made to themselves a molten thing!
[13] ‘And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and lo, a people stiff of neck it is;
[14] desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it.
[15] ‘And I turn, and come down from the mount, and the mount is burning with fire, and the two tables of the covenant on my two hands,
[16] and I see, and lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah your God; ye have made to yourselves a molten calf; ye have turned aside hastily out of the way which Jehovah hath commanded you.
[17] ‘And I lay hold on the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes,
[18] and I throw myself before Jehovah, as at first, forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk, because of all your sins which ye have sinned, by doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry.
[19] ‘For I have been afraid because of the anger and the fury with which Jehovah hath been wroth against you, to destroy you; and Jehovah doth hearken unto me also at this time.
[20] ‘And with Aaron hath Jehovah shewed himself very angry, to destroy him, and I pray also for Aaron at that time;
[21] and your sin, which ye have made-the calf-I have taken, and I burn it with fire, and beat it, grinding well till that it is small as dust, and I cast its dust unto the brook which is going down out of the mount.
[22] ‘And in Taberah, and in Massah, and in Kibroth-Hattaavah, ye have been making Jehovah wroth:
[23] and in Jehovah’s sending you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up, and possess the land which I have given to you, then ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, and have not given credence to Him, nor hearkened to His voice;
[24] rebels ye have been with Jehovah from the day of my knowing you.
[25] ‘And I throw myself before Jehovah, the forty days and the forty nights, as I had thrown myself, for Jehovah hath said-to destroy you;
[26] and I pray unto Jehovah, and say, Lord Jehovah, destroy not Thy people, and Thine inheritance, whom Thou hast ransomed in Thy greatness; whom Thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong hand;
[27] be mindful of Thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, turn not unto the stiffness of this people, and unto its wickedness, and unto its sin;
[28] lest 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;
[29] and they are Thy people, and Thine inheritance, whom Thou hast brought out by Thy great power, and by Thy stretched-out arm!