Deuteronomy - 9:14



14 let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 9:14.

Differing Translations

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Let me alone that I may destroy them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and set thee over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this.
desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it.
Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.
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.'
Sine me ut perdam eos, deleamque nomen eorum sub coelo, et faciam to in gentem potentiorem, et majorem illa.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

(i) Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
(i) Demonstrating that the prayers of the faithful are a bar to restrain God's anger so that he does not consume all.

Let me alone, that I may destroy them,.... Do not say one word to me on their behalf, or entreat me to spare them, and not destroy them:
and blot out their name from under heaven; that no such nation may be heard of, or known by the name of Israel:
and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they; of his family, whereby the Lord's promise to Abraham would not have been made void, but equally firm and sure, since this mightier and greater nation would have been of his seed; See Gill on Exodus 32:10.

Let me alone! - Stop me not by thy intercession.

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