Deuteronomy 9:28

lest the land you brought us out from say, ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

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WEBBE

lest the land you brought us out from say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

BSB

Otherwise, 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.’

KJV

Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

ASV

lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

BBE

Or it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land.

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פֶּן־ pen- lest H6435 יֹאמְרוּ yo·me·ru they should say H559 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher where H834 הוֹצֵאתָנוּ ho·tze·ta·nu you brought out us H3318 מִשָּׁם mi·sham from there H8033 מִבְּלִי mi·be·li because not H1097 יְכֹלֶת ye·kho·let was able H3201 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 לַהֲבִיאָם la·ha·vi·'am to bring them H935 אֶל־ 'el- into H413 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 דִּבֶּר di·ber he spoke H1696 לָהֶם la·hem to (the) them H9038 וּמִשִּׂנְאָתוֹ u·mi·sin·'a·to and from hatred his H8135 אוֹתָם 'o·tam (marks the object) them H853 הוֹצִיאָם ho·tzi·'am he led out them H3318 לַהֲמִתָם la·ha·mi·tam to put to death them H4191 בַּמִּדְבָּר ba·mid·bar in the wilderness H4057

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 7–29

That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath and the curse at God's hand. For so strong is our propensity to pride, that it will creep in under one pretence or another. We are ready to fancy that our righteousness has got for us the special favour of the Lord, though in reality our wickedness is more plain than our weakness. But when the secret history of every man's life shall be brought forth at the day of judgment, all the world will be proved guilty before God. At present, One pleads for us before the mercy-seat, who not only fasted, but died upon the cross for our sins; through whom we may approach, though self-condemned sinners, and beseech for undeserved mercy and for eternal life, as the gift of God in Him. Let us refer all the victory, all the glory, and all the praise, to Him who alone bringeth salvation.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.