New International VersionRemember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin.
New Living TranslationPlease overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
English Standard VersionRemember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin,
Berean Standard BibleRemember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.
King James BibleRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
New King James VersionRemember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look on the stubbornness of this people, or on their wickedness or their sin,
New American Standard BibleRemember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not turn Your attention to the stubbornness of this people, or to their wickedness, or their sin.
NASB 1995‘Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.
NASB 1977‘Remember Thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.
Legacy Standard BibleRemember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stiff- neck of this people or at their wickedness or their sin,
Amplified BibleRemember [with compassion] Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or at their sin,
Christian Standard BibleRemember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.
Holman Christian Standard BibleRemember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.
American Standard VersionRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
Contemporary English VersionIsrael's ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob obeyed you faithfully. Think about them, and not about Israel's stubbornness, evil, and sin.
English Revised VersionRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
GOD'S WORD® TranslationRemember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.
Good News TranslationRemember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and do not pay any attention to the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of this people.
International Standard VersionRemember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don't pay attention to the stubbornness, wickedness, and sinfulness of this people.
NET BibleRemember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.
New Heart English BibleRemember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
Webster's Bible TranslationRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleRemember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.
World English BibleRemember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionbe mindful of Your servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob; do not turn to the stiffness of this people, and to its wickedness, and to its sin,
Young's Literal Translation 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;
Smith's Literal TranslationRemember thy servants, for Abraham, for Isaak, and for Jacob, thou wilt not look to the stubbornness of this people, and to its wickedness, and to its sin: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleRemember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: look not on the stubbornness of this people, nor on their wickedness and sin:
Catholic Public Domain VersionRemember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people, nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.
New American BibleRemember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people nor upon their wickedness and sin,
New Revised Standard VersionRemember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; pay no attention to the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sins;
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedBut remember your Servants, Abraham and Isaac and Yaquuv; do not be turned away because of the hardness of this people, and by its evil, and by its sins. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Remember Thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin;
Brenton Septuagint TranslationRemember Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thyself: look not upon the hardness of heart of this people, and their impieties, and their sins.
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Context The Golden Calf… 26And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27RememberYour servantsAbraham,Isaac,and Jacob.Overlookthe stubbornnessof thispeopleand the wickednessof their sin.28Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’…
Cross References Exodus 32:13Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
Genesis 22:15-18And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time, / saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. ...
Genesis 26:3-5Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, / because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
Genesis 28:13-15And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Psalm 105:8-11He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ...
Nehemiah 9:7-8You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. / You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
1 Chronicles 16:15-18Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ...
Micah 7:20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
Hebrews 6:13-18When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, / saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” / And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise. ...
Luke 1:72-73to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, / the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Romans 11:28-29Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs. / For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
Treasury of Scripture Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: Remember Exodus 3:6,16 Moreover he said, Iam the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God… Exodus 6:3-8 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, bythe name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them… Exodus 13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. look not Exodus 32:31,32 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold… 1 Samuel 25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial,even Nabal: for as his nameis, sois he; Nabalis his name, and follyis with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. Psalm 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generationthat set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. Jump to Previous AbrahamEvil-DoingHardHeartIsaacJacobMindMindfulOverlookRegardRememberServantsSinStiffnessStubbornnessTurnWickednessJump to Next AbrahamEvil-DoingHardHeartIsaacJacobMindMindfulOverlookRegardRememberServantsSinStiffnessStubbornnessTurnWickednessDeuteronomy 9 1.Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness7.Moses reminds them of the golden calfRemember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.This phrase calls upon the covenantal promises God made with the patriarchs of Israel. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are central figures in the history of Israel, representing the foundation of God's chosen people. The invocation of their names is a reminder of the unconditional promises God made to them, including the promise of land, descendants, and blessing to all nations ( Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 26:3-4, Genesis 28:13-14). This appeal to the patriarchs underscores the continuity of God's faithfulness across generations, despite the people's current disobedience. It also highlights the importance of intercessory prayer, as Moses pleads with God to remember His covenant, much like how Jesus intercedes for believers ( Hebrews 7:25). Overlook the stubbornness of this people
The term "stubbornness" refers to the Israelites' repeated resistance to God's commands and their tendency to rebel, as seen throughout their wilderness journey (Exodus 32:9,Numbers 14:11). This stubbornness is a recurring theme in Deuteronomy, where Moses frequently reminds the people of their rebellious nature (Deuteronomy 9:6-7). The request for God to overlook this stubbornness is an appeal for divine mercy and grace, recognizing that the people cannot stand on their own righteousness. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's patience and long-suffering with His people (Psalm 103:8-10). and the wickedness of their sin.
"Wickedness" here emphasizes the moral and spiritual failures of the Israelites, which include idolatry, unbelief, and disobedience (Exodus 32:1-6,Numbers 14:1-4). Sin, in this context, is not just a breach of law but a breach of relationship with God. The plea for God to overlook their sin is a request for forgiveness and restoration, acknowledging that only God's grace can cover their transgressions. This foreshadows the ultimate atonement for sin through Jesus Christ, who bore the sins of humanity to reconcile them to God (2 Corinthians 5:21,1 Peter 2:24). Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe leader of the Israelites who is interceding on behalf of the people, reminding God of His covenant with the patriarchs. 2. Abraham, Isaac, and JacobThe patriarchs of Israel, with whom God made significant covenants, promising land, descendants, and blessings. 3. The IsraelitesThe people Moses is interceding for, who have shown stubbornness and sinfulness. 4. The Promised LandThe land God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which the Israelites are on the verge of entering. 5. Mount SinaiThe place where Moses received the Law and where the Israelites committed the sin of the golden calf, demonstrating their stubbornness. Teaching Points The Power of IntercessionMoses' prayer demonstrates the importance of interceding for others, reminding us to pray for those who have strayed from God's path. God's Covenant FaithfulnessDespite human failure, God remains faithful to His promises. This encourages us to trust in His unchanging nature. The Importance of RemembranceMoses calls God to remember His servants, teaching us to recall God's past faithfulness in our own lives. Dealing with Stubbornness and SinAcknowledge and confess our own stubbornness and sin, seeking God's forgiveness and transformation. The Role of LeadersMoses' leadership highlights the responsibility of leaders to advocate for their people and guide them back to God. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 9
What is the order of the Bible's books?
What does 'God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob' mean?
Deuteronomy 9:4-5 - Does the text's justification for driving out other nations align with moral standards or does it conflict with the idea of a just God?
Micah 7:20 reaffirms the covenant with the patriarchs--where is the clear historical or external documentation of this unbroken promise?(27) Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.--This is found exactly in Exodus 32:13.Very few of the words used by Moses in the second forty daysare found in Exodus. (See Exodus 34:9.)
Parallel Commentaries ...
Hebrew Rememberזְכֹר֙(zə·ḵōr)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 2142:To mark, to remember, to mention, to be maleYour servantsלַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ(la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650:Slave, servantAbraham,לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם(lə·’aḇ·rā·hām)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85:Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nationIsaac,לְיִצְחָ֖ק(lə·yiṣ·ḥāq)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3327:Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarahand Jacob.וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑ב(ū·lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290:Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his descOverlookאַל־(’al-)Adverb
Strong's 408:Notthe stubbornnessקְשִׁי֙(qə·šî)Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7190:Stubbornnessof thisהַזֶּ֔ה(haz·zeh)Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088:This, thatpeople,הָעָ֣ם(hā·‘ām)Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971:A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flocktheir wickednessרִשְׁע֖וֹ(riš·‘ōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7562:Wickednessand sin.חַטָּאתֽוֹ׃(ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2403:An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender
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