Deuteronomy 9:3
in Deuteronomy 9But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
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ASV
Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee.
KJV
Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
So shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly - This is not inconsistent with Deu 7:22, in which instant annihilation is not to be expected for the reasons assigned. Here Moses urges the people to trust in God’s covenanted aid; since He would then make no delay in so destroying the nations attacked by them as to put them into enjoyment of the promises, and in doing so as fast as was for the well-being of Israel itself.
This site's exposition
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan
on Deuteronomy 9:1-3
Hear, O Israel opens four passages in this book, at 5:1, 6:4, here and 20:3, and each one introduces something the people are to take as settled. The cities fenced up to heaven and the children of the Anakims are the evil report of the spies at Numbers 13:28 and 13:33 given back almost in their own terms, with the opposite conclusion drawn from it. Verse 3 supplies that conclusion: the consuming fire of 4:24, which stood over Israel there, goes over Jordan in front of them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Understand therefore this day,....
He cautions them not to attribute their successes to their own merit, but to God's justice, which was engaged against their enemies, and his faithfulness, which was engaged to their fathers,
But he will not destroy them and bring them down, unless thou set thyself in good earnest to drive them out." We must do our endeavour in dependence upon God's grace, and we shall have that grace if we do our endeavour. He cautions them not to entertain the least thought of their own righteousness, as if that had procured them this favour at God's hand: "Say not.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָדַעְתָּ֣ | veyada'ta | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| הַיּ֗וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| כִּי֩ | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הֽוּא־ | hu'- | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הָעֹבֵ֤ר | haover | [is] the [one who] is about to pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֵ֣שׁ | ʾesh | a fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| אֹֽכְלָ֔ה | ʾokhelah | consuming | H398 → | 810 times |
| ה֧וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יַשְׁמִידֵ֛ם | yashmidem | he will destroy them | H8045 → | 90 times |
| וְה֥וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יַכְנִיעֵ֖ם | yakhniem | he will subdue them | H3665 → | |
| לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְהֽוֹרַשְׁתָּ֤ם | vehorashtam | and you will dispossess them | H3423 → | 231 times |
| וְהַֽאַבַדְתָּם֙ | vehaavadtam | and you will destroy them | H6 → | 184 times |
| מַהֵ֔ר | maher | quickly | H4118 → | 14 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֥ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | to <the> you |
וְיָדַעְתָּ֣and you will know
veyada'taH3045 →945 times
הַיּ֗וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
כִּי֩that
kiH3588 →4482 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
הֽוּא־he
hu'-H1931 →1879 times
הָעֹבֵ֤ר[is] the [one who] is about to pass over
haoverH5674 →556 times
לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
אֵ֣שׁa fire
ʾeshH784 →378 times
אֹֽכְלָ֔הconsuming
ʾokhelahH398 →810 times
ה֧וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
יַשְׁמִידֵ֛םhe will destroy them
yashmidemH8045 →90 times
וְה֥וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
יַכְנִיעֵ֖םhe will subdue them
yakhniemH3665 →
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
וְהֽוֹרַשְׁתָּ֤םand you will dispossess them
vehorashtamH3423 →231 times
וְהַֽאַבַדְתָּם֙and you will destroy them
vehaavadtamH6 →184 times
מַהֵ֔רquickly
maherH4118 →14 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֥רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לָֽךְ׃to <the> you
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
it leads to
- Psalms 118:6
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
- Psalms 118:6
Through
Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
it leads to
- Exodus 24:17
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:24
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Exodus 24:17
Through
Deuteronomy 20:4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
it leads to
- Exodus 14:14
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Exodus 14:14
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.