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But again the LORD listened to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I feared that the furious anger of the LORD, which turned him against you, would drive him to destroy you. But again he listened to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the LORD bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry with you, to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and the rage with which the LORD was angry with you so as to destroy you; but the LORD listened to me that time as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wrathful against you in order to destroy you, but the LORD listened to me that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wrathful against you in order to destroy you, but the LORD listened to me that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and the wrath with which Yahweh was provoked against you in order to destroy you, but Yahweh listened to me that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and absolute fury which the LORD held against you, [enough divine fury] to destroy you, but the LORD listened to me that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I was afraid of the fierce anger the LORD had directed against you, because he was about to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me on that occasion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I was afraid of the fierce anger the LORD had directed against you, because He was about to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me on that occasion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I was terrified of the LORD's anger and fury. He was so angry he wanted to destroy you. But once more the LORD listened to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I was afraid of the LORD's fierce anger, because he was furious enough to destroy you; but once again the LORD listened to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD against you, because he was irate enough to destroy you. But the LORD also listened to me at that time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For I was terrified at the LORD's intense anger that threatened to destroy you. But he listened to me this time as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />(For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But the LORD hearkened to me at that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For I have been afraid because of the anger and the fury with which YHWH has been angry against you, to destroy you; and YHWH also listens to me at this time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> '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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For I was afraid from the face of the anger and emotion with which Jehovah was angry against you to destroy you. And Jehovah will hear to me also in this time.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For I feared his indignation and anger, wherewith being moved against you, he would have destroyed you. And the Lord heard me this time also. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For I feared his indignation and wrath, which had been stirred up against you, so that he was willing to destroy you. And the Lord heeded me at this time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For I dreaded the fierce anger of the LORD against you: his wrath would destroy you. Yet once again the LORD listened to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For I was afraid that the anger that the LORD bore against you was so fierce that he would destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the wrath and the anger wherewith the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened to me at that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because I was afraid from before the anger and the wrath that LORD JEHOVAH raged against you that He would destroy you, and LORD JEHOVAH heard me also at that time.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me that time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly to destroy you; yet the Lord hearkened to me at this time also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2893" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">The Golden Calf</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3025.htm" title="3025: yā·ḡō·rə·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To be afraid, fear. A primitive root; to fear.">I was afraid</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: hā·’ap̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">of the anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: wə·ha·ḥê·māh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">and wrath</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7107.htm" title="7107: qā·ṣap̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be angry. A primitive root; to crack off, i.e. burst out in rage.">had directed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: lə·haš·mîḏ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">enough to destroy you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">But the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: way·yiš·ma‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listened</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hi·w (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471: bap·pa·‘am (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Or pa;amah; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively.">time</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">as well.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10-14</a></span><br />Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” / But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? / Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11-20</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? / I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.” / But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a></span><br />So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-3.htm">Exodus 33:3-5</a></span><br />Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.” / When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry. / For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-9.htm">Exodus 34:9</a></span><br />“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-44.htm">Numbers 16:44-48</a></span><br />and the LORD said to Moses, / “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown. / Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22</a></span><br />Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18-20</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, / and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Nehemiah 9:29-31</a></span><br />You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. / You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. / But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a></span><br />For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7-10</a></span><br />At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. / And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8-9</a></span><br />But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. / But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-2.htm">Amos 7:2-3</a></span><br />And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” / So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Romans 9:22</a></span><br />What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10-11</a></span><br />And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. / Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.</p><p class="hdg">For I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Deuteronomy 9:8</a></b></br> Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10,11</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Nehemiah 1:2-7</a></b></br> That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and <i>certain</i> men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem… </p><p class="hdg">But the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Deuteronomy 10:10</a></b></br> 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, <i>and</i> the LORD would not destroy thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Exodus 32:14</a></b></br> And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/33-17.htm">Exodus 33:17</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/7-21.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-15.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Displeasure</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-21.htm">Dread</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-27.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-10.htm">Open</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-18.htm">Order</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-26.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/33-3.htm">View</a> <a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Wrathful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Wroth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/13-11.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/judges/15-3.htm">Displeasure</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-25.htm">Dread</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-23.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-6.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-13.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Open</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-25.htm">Order</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Time</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-49.htm">View</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-14.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-20.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Wrathful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-22.htm">Wroth</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Moses reminds them of the golden calf</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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God's wrath is often depicted as a response to sin and disobedience, emphasizing His holiness and justice. This fear is not merely human anxiety but a recognition of God's power and authority. The fear of the Lord is a foundational concept in Scripture, seen in <a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>, where it is described as the beginning of wisdom.<p><b>that the LORD had directed against you,</b><br>The Israelites' idolatry with the golden calf (Exodus 32) provoked God's anger. This phrase highlights the direct relationship between the people's sin and God's response. It underscores the covenant relationship where disobedience leads to divine discipline. The LORD's anger is not arbitrary but a direct consequence of the people's actions, reflecting the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.<p><b>enough to destroy you.</b><br>The severity of God's wrath is such that it could lead to the complete destruction of the nation. This echoes the warnings given in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a> about the consequences of breaking the covenant. The potential for destruction serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance. It also foreshadows the eventual exile of Israel due to continued disobedience.<p><b>But the LORD listened to me</b><br>Moses' intercession is a powerful example of the role of a mediator. His prayers on behalf of the people demonstrate the effectiveness of intercession and God's willingness to relent from sending disaster. This anticipates the ultimate mediation of Jesus Christ, who intercedes for humanity (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>). Moses' role as an intercessor is a type of Christ, pointing to the greater mediation to come.<p><b>this time as well.</b><br>This phrase indicates that God had previously listened to Moses' intercession, as seen in <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a>. It highlights God's mercy and patience, showing that He is willing to forgive and restore. The repetition of God's willingness to listen underscores His character as compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love (<a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6</a>). This assurance of God's mercy is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, offering hope for repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who intercedes on their behalf. He is a central figure in the Pentateuch and is known for his close relationship with God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who is depicted as having righteous anger towards the Israelites due to their disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who have repeatedly disobeyed Him, leading to His anger and the need for Moses' intercession.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses received the Ten Commandments and where the Israelites committed the sin of idolatry by worshiping the golden calf.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_golden_calf_incident.htm">The Golden Calf Incident</a></b><br>A significant event where the Israelites created and worshiped a golden calf while Moses was on Mount Sinai, leading to God's anger.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_intercession.htm">The Power of Intercession</a></b><br>Moses' intercession highlights the importance of standing in the gap for others in prayer. Believers are called to pray for one another, especially in times of spiritual crisis.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_righteous_anger.htm">Understanding God's Righteous Anger</a></b><br>God's anger is a response to sin and disobedience. It is important to recognize the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance to restore our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_mediator.htm">The Role of a Mediator</a></b><br>Moses serves as a mediator between God and the Israelites, pointing to the ultimate mediator, Jesus Christ, who intercedes for us before the Father.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' disobedience serves as a warning to believers about the consequences of turning away from God's commands. Obedience is crucial in maintaining a right relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_forgiveness.htm">God's Mercy and Forgiveness</a></b><br>Despite His anger, God listens to Moses and spares the Israelites, demonstrating His mercy and willingness to forgive when we turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_capable_of_experiencing_anger.htm">Is God capable of experiencing anger?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_deut._9_13-21_align_with_ex._32.htm">Deuteronomy 9:13-21 - How does Moses's retelling of the golden calf incident here square with the details and timing found in Exodus 32?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_a_loving_god_express_anger.htm">Psalm 6:1 - How can a God of perfect love express anger or rebuke His faithful servant?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_invasions_succeed_if_god_is_angry.htm">Psalm 76:7: If 'none can stand' before God's anger, how do we explain the numerous successful invasions of Judah documented in biblical and extrabiblical records?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">For I was afraid.</span>--In <a href="/hebrews/12-21.htm" title="And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)">Hebrews 12:21</a>, the words "I exceedingly fear" are (in the Greek) identical with these.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I was afraid</span><br /><span class="heb">יָגֹ֗רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḡō·rə·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3025.htm">Strong's 3025: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be afraid, fear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the anger</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאַף֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wrath</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·ḥê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat, anger, poison</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had directed</span><br /><span class="heb">קָצַ֧ף</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ṣap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7107.htm">Strong's 7107: </a> </span><span class="str2">To crack off, burst out in rage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against you,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">enough to destroy you.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַשְׁמִ֣יד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haš·mîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listened</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·ma‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהִֽוא׃</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hi·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">time</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּפַּ֥עַם</span> <span class="translit">(bap·pa·‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6471.htm">Strong's 6471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well.</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(gam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 9:19 For I was afraid of the anger (Deut. 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