Deuteronomy 9:13

13 And the LORD said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!

Deuteronomy 9:13 in Other Translations

13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

13 "Furthermore, the LORD said to me, 'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.

13 “The LORD also said to me, ‘I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.

13 God said, "I look at this people and all I see are hardheaded, hardhearted rebels.

13 The Lord also said to me, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:13

Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying
After he had given him the two tables, and before his departure from the mount:

I have seen this people;
took notice of them, their ways, and their works:

and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people;
unwilling to submit to, and bear the yoke of my commandments; see ( Exodus 32:9 ) .

Deuteronomy 9:13 In-Context

11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

12 Then the LORD told me, “Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from what I commanded them and have made an idol for themselves.”

13 And the LORD said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!

14 Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.”

15 So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

Cross References

• 1. ver 6; Exodus 32:9; Deuteronomy 10:16