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Deuteronomy 9 Catholic Public Domain Version

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1 “Listen, O Israel: You shall cross over the Jordan today, in order to possess nations, very great and stronger than yourself, cities vast and walled even to the sky,
1 OYE, Israel: tú estás hoy para pasar el Jordán, para entrar á poseer gentes más [numerosas] y más fuertes que tú, ciudades grandes y encastilladas hasta el cielo,
2 a people great and lofty, the sons of the Anakim, whom you yourselves have seen and heard, against whom no one is able to stand.
2 Un pueblo grande y alto, hijos de gigantes, de los cuales tienes tú conocimiento, y has oído decir: ¿Quién se sostendrá delante de los hijos del gigante?
3 Therefore, you shall know today that the Lord your God himself will pass over before you, like a devouring and consuming fire, to crush and to wipe away and to utterly ruin them before your face, quickly, just as he has spoken to you.
3 Sabe, pues, hoy que Jehová tu Dios es el que pasa delante de ti, fuego consumidor, que los destruirá y humillará delante de ti: y tú los echarás, y los destruirás luego, como Jehová te ha dicho.
4 You should not say in your heart, when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight: ‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land, while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’
4 No discurras en tu corazón cuando Jehová tu Dios los habrá echado de delante de ti, diciendo: Por mi justicia me ha metido Jehová á poseer esta tierra; pues por la impiedad de estas gentes Jehová las echa de delante de ti.
5 For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
5 No por tu justicia, ni por la rectitud de tu corazón entras á poseer la tierra de ellos; mas por la impiedad de estas gentes Jehová tu Dios las echa de delante de ti, y por confirmar la palabra que Jehová juró á tus padres Abraham, Isaac, y Jacob.
6 Therefore, know that the Lord your God will not give you this excellent land as a possession due to your justices, for you are a very stiff-necked people.
6 Por tanto, sabe que no por tu justicia Jehová tu Dios te da esta buena tierra para poseerla; que pueblo duro de cerviz eres tú.
7 Remember, and never forget, how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness. You have always contended against the Lord, from the day that you went forth from Egypt, even to this place.
7 Acuérdate, no te olvides que has provocado á ira á Jehová tu Dios en el desierto: desde el día que saliste de la tierra de Egipto, hasta que entrasteis en este lugar, habéis sido rebeldes á Jehová.
8 For at Horeb also, you provoked him, and, becoming angry, he was willing to destroy you,
8 Y en Horeb provocasteis á ira á Jehová, y enojóse Jehová contra vosotros para destruiros.
9 when I ascended onto the mountain, so that I might receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you. And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.
9 Cuando yo subí al monte para recibir las tablas de piedra, las tablas del pacto que Jehová hizo con vosotros, estuve entonces en el monte cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, sin comer pan ni beber agua:
10 And the Lord gave me two tablets of stone, written with the finger of God and containing all the words that he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire, while the people, being stirred up, were assembled together.
10 Y dióme Jehová las dos tablas de piedra escritas con el dedo de Dios; y en ellas [estaba escrito] conforme á todas las palabras que os habló Jehová en el monte de en medio del fuego, el día de la asamblea.
11 And when forty days, and as many nights, had passed, the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
11 Y fué al cabo de los cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, que Jehová me dió las dos tablas de piedra, las tablas del pacto.
12 And he said to me: ‘Rise up, and descend quickly from here. For your people, whom you led away from Egypt, have quickly abandoned the way that you have shown to them, and they have made a molten idol for themselves.’
12 Y díjome Jehová: Levántate, desciende presto de aquí; que tu pueblo que sacaste de Egipto se ha corrompido: pronto se han apartado del camino que yo les mandé: hanse hecho una efigie de fundición.
13 And again, the Lord said to me: ‘I discern that this people is stiff-necked.
13 Y hablóme Jehová, diciendo: He visto ese pueblo, y he aquí, que él es pueblo duro de cerviz:
14 Depart from me, so that I may crush them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and appoint you over a nation, which will be greater and stronger than this one.’
14 Déjame que los destruya, y raiga su nombre de debajo del cielo; que yo te pondré sobre gente fuerte y mucha más que ellos.
15 And as I was descending from the burning mountain, and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands,
15 Y volví y descendí del monte, el cual ardía en fuego, con las tablas del pacto en mis dos manos.
16 and I had seen that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made a molten calf for yourselves, and had quickly abandoned his way, which he had revealed to you,
16 Y miré, y he aquí habíais pecado contra Jehová vuestro Dios: os habíais hecho un becerro de fundición, apartándoos presto del camino que Jehová os había mandado.
17 I threw down the tablets from my hands, and I broke them in your sight.
17 Entonces tomé las dos tablas, y arrojélas de mis dos manos, y quebrélas delante de vuestros ojos.
18 And I fell prostrate before the Lord, just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread, and not drinking water, because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and because you provoked him to anger.
18 Y postréme delante de Jehová, como antes, cuarenta días y cuarenta noches: no comí pan ni bebí agua, á causa de todo vuestro pecado que habíais cometido haciendo mal en ojos de Jehová para enojarlo.
19 For I feared his indignation and wrath, which had been stirred up against you, so that he was willing to destroy you. And the Lord heeded me at this time also.
19 Porque temí á causa del furor y de la ira con que Jehová estaba enojado contra vosotros para destruiros. Pero Jehová me oyó aún esta vez.
20 Likewise, he became vehemently angry against Aaron, and he was willing to destroy him, and I prayed for him similarly.
20 Contra Aarón también se enojó Jehová en gran manera para destruirlo: y también oré por Aarón entonces.
21 But as for your sin which you committed, that is, the calf, taking hold of it, I burned it with fire. And breaking it into pieces, and reducing it entirely to dust, I threw it into the torrent that descends from the mountain.
21 Y tomé vuestro pecado, el becerro que habíais hecho, y quemélo en el fuego, y lo desmenucé moliéndole muy bien, hasta que fué reducido á polvo: y eché el polvo de él en el arroyo que descendía del monte.
22 Likewise, at the Burning, and at the Temptation, and at the Graves of Lust, you provoked the Lord.
22 También en Tabera, y en Massa, y en Kibroth-hataavah, enojasteis á Jehová.
23 And when he sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Ascend and possess the land, which I have given to you,’ even so, you spurned the command of the Lord your God, and you did not believe him, nor were you willing to listen to his voice.
23 Y cuando Jehová os envió desde Cades-barnea, diciendo, Subid y poseed la tierra que yo os he dado; también fuisteis rebeldes al dicho de Jehová vuestro Dios, y no lo creisteis, ni obedecisteis á su voz.
24 Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.
24 Rebeldes habéis sido á Jehová desde el día que yo os conozco.
25 And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do.
25 Postréme, pues, delante de Jehová cuarenta días y cuarenta noches que estuve postrado; porque Jehová dijo que os había de destruir.
26 And praying, I said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, whom you have redeemed in your greatness, whom you have led away from Egypt with a strong hand.
26 Y oré á Jehová, diciendo: Oh Señor Jehová, no destruyas tu pueblo y tu heredad que has redimido con tu grandeza, al cual sacaste de Egipto con mano fuerte.
27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people, nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.
27 Acuérdate de tus siervos Abraham, Isaac, y Jacob; no mires á la dureza de este pueblo, ni á su impiedad, ni á su pecado:
28 Otherwise, perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which you have led us, may say: “The Lord was not able to lead them into the land, which he promised to them. And he hated them; therefore, he led them out, so that he might put them to death in the wilderness.”
28 Porque no digan [los de] la tierra de donde nos sacaste: Por cuanto no pudo Jehová introducirlos en la tierra que les había dicho, ó porque los aborrecía, los sacó para matarlos en el desierto.
29 These are your people and your inheritance, whom you have led out by your great strength, and with your outstretched arm.’ ”
29 Y ellos son tu pueblo y tu heredad, que sacaste con tu gran fortaleza y con tu brazo extendido.
Cross references (28)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Deuteronomy 11:31; Deuteronomy 4:38; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 11:23; Joshua 1:11
  2. 2 Numbers 13:22; Deuteronomy 2:21; Nahum 1:6; Deuteronomy 2:11–12; Daniel 11:16
  3. 3 Deuteronomy 4:24; Romans 8:31; Hebrews 12:29; Deuteronomy 20:4; Deuteronomy 7:23–24
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 8:17; 2 Timothy 1:9; Deuteronomy 9:5; Deuteronomy 18:9–14; Leviticus 18:24–30
  5. 5 Titus 3:5; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 13:15
  6. 6 Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 9:13; Exodus 32:9; Acts 7:51; Deuteronomy 31:27
  7. 7 Exodus 14:11; Exodus 16:2; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 25:2; Numbers 11:4
  8. 8 Psalm 106:19–22; Exodus 32:16; Exodus 32:7–10
  9. 9 Exodus 34:28; Exodus 24:18; 1 Kings 19:8; Exodus 24:15; Exodus 24:12
  10. 10 Exodus 31:18; Hebrews 8:10; Deuteronomy 10:4; Deuteronomy 18:16; Deuteronomy 4:10–15
  11. 11 Deuteronomy 9:9; Hebrews 8:6–10; Numbers 10:33; Hebrews 9:4
  12. 12 Exodus 32:7–8; Judges 2:17; Deuteronomy 31:29; Galatians 1:6; Hosea 6:4
  13. 13 Deuteronomy 9:6; Deuteronomy 10:16; 2 Kings 17:14; Deuteronomy 31:27; Exodus 32:9–10
  14. 14 Deuteronomy 29:20; Exodus 32:10–13; Psalm 9:5; Revelation 3:5; Numbers 14:11–12
  15. 15 Exodus 19:18; Deuteronomy 5:23; Deuteronomy 4:11; Exodus 32:14–35; Exodus 9:23
  16. 16 Exodus 32:19; Acts 7:40–41
  17. 18 Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9; Psalm 106:23; 2 Samuel 12:16; Exodus 32:10–14
  18. 19 Exodus 32:14; James 5:16–17; Deuteronomy 10:10; Exodus 32:10–11; Psalm 99:6
  19. 20 Exodus 32:21; Exodus 32:35; Hebrews 7:26–28; Exodus 32:2–5
  20. 21 Exodus 32:20; Isaiah 31:7; Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 2:18–21; Hosea 8:11
  21. 22 Numbers 11:34; Exodus 17:7; Numbers 11:1–5
  22. 23 Psalm 106:24–25; Hebrews 4:2; Isaiah 63:10; Psalm 78:22; Hebrews 3:18–19
  23. 24 Deuteronomy 31:27; Acts 7:51; Deuteronomy 9:6–7
  24. 25 Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 9:16
  25. 26 Exodus 32:11–13; Titus 2:14; Jeremiah 14:21; Psalm 107:2; Exodus 15:13
  26. 27 Jeremiah 14:21; Micah 7:18–19; Isaiah 43:24–25; Exodus 3:6; Proverbs 21:12
  27. 28 Numbers 14:16; Exodus 32:12
  28. 29 Nehemiah 1:10; 1 Kings 8:51; Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 9:26; Psalm 95:7

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 9:12 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters LIII–LVIII)

    They have speedily departed from the way in which I commanded them to walk, and have made to themselves molten images." And the Lord said unto him, "I have spoken to thee once and again, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people: let Me destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 9:9 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon I)

    For the number ten, by which the perfection of blessedness is signified, multiplied four times, because of the fourfold divisions of the seasons, and the fourfold divisions of the world, will make the number forty. Wherefore Moses and Elias, and the Mediator Himself, our Lord Jesus Christ, fasted forty days, because in the time of this life, continence from the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 9:20 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture II)

    For it is Moses that says: And the anger of the Lord came upon Aaron: and I prayed for him, saith he, and God forgave him.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 9:10 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter XX — 30-31, and XXI. 1-11)

    For we have absolute certainty that the Decalogue of the law, that is, those ten well-known precepts, were first written by the finger of God on two tables of stone. But the law, when it is not aided by grace, maketh transgressors, and is only in the letter, on account of which the apostle specially declared, "The letter killeth, but …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)