Deuteronomy 9:19

19 I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me.

Deuteronomy 9:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 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.
ESV
19 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.
NLT
19 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.
MSG
19 I was terrified of God's furious anger, his blazing anger. I was sure he would destroy you. But once again God listened to me.
CSB
19 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.

Deuteronomy 9:19 In-Context

17 So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.
18 Then once again I fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight and so arousing his anger.
19 I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me.
20 And the LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.
21 Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Exodus 32:14; Hebrews 12:21*; Ex 32:10-11,14
  • 2. ver 26; Exodus 34:10; S Numbers 11:2; 1 Samuel 7:9; Jeremiah 15:1; Deuteronomy 10:10
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