The Meaning of Deuteronomy 9:8 Explained

Deuteronomy 9:8

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

YLT: even in Horeb ye have made Jehovah wroth, and Jehovah sheweth Himself angry against you -- to destroy you.

Darby: And at Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you, to destroy you,

ASV: Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Also 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?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 9:1-14 - Offending The Righteous God
Who can read this chapter without emotion and admiration for its sublime eloquence! It is one of the most striking and moving chapters in this book!
Moses sets himself to convince the people that they must not suppose that their easy entrance to Canaan was due to conspicuous virtue, but rather to God's covenant with their fathers, and also to the sinful practices of the Canaanites. Compare Deuteronomy 9:5 with Genesis 15:16. The contagion of these sins might have infected and poisoned humanity; therefore they had to be extirpated. Whatever we enjoy is due, not to our merit, but to the infinite grace of God in Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 15:10.
Ah, my soul, ponder this, for this is true of thee also! All thy past has been filled with failure and rebellion. If thou art still used for God's service, and art credited with a good name among His people, remember the reason is in the sovereign grace of Jehovah!
"A debtor to mercy alone,
Of covenant mercy I sing." [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 9

1  Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness
7  Moses reminds them of the golden calf

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 9:8 mean?

And in Horeb you provoked to wrath - Yahweh so that was angry [enough] Yahweh with you to have destroyed you
וּבְחֹרֵ֥ב הִקְצַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־ יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּתְאַנַּ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה בָּכֶ֖ם לְהַשְׁמִ֥יד אֶתְכֶֽם

וּבְחֹרֵ֥ב  And  in  Horeb 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֹרֵב  
Sense: another name for Mount Sinai from which God gave the law to Moses and the Israelites.
הִקְצַפְתֶּ֖ם  you  provoked  to  wrath 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: קָצַף  
Sense: to be displeased, be angry, fret oneself, be wroth.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וַיִּתְאַנַּ֧ף  so  that  was  angry  [enough] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָנַף  
Sense: to be angry, to be displeased, to breathe hard.
יְהוָ֛ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בָּכֶ֖ם  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
לְהַשְׁמִ֥יד  to  have  destroyed 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁמַד  
Sense: to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated.

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