Deuteronomy 9:18

And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
down	וָֽאֶתְנַפַּל֩ va.'et.na.Pal	H5307	to fall · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
before	לִפְנֵ֨י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
first	כָּרִאשֹׁנָ֗ה ka.ri.sho.Nah	H7223	first · preposition with the article + ordinal number, feminine singular absolute
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֥ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
days	יוֹם֙ yOm	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
forty	וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים ve.'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
nights	לַ֔יְלָה Lay.lah	H3915	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
eat	אָכַ֔לְתִּי 'a.Khal.ti	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
bread	לֶ֚חֶם Le.chem	H3899	food (for man or beast) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
drink	שָׁתִ֑יתִי sha.Ti.ti	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
water	וּמַ֖יִם u.Ma.yim	H4325	water · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
sins	חַטַּאתְכֶם֙ cha.tat.Khem	H2403	an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
sinned	חֲטָאתֶ֔ם cha.ta.Tem	H2398	properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
doing	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
wickedly	הָרַ֛ע ha.Ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sight	בְּעֵינֵ֥י be.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
anger	לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ le.hakh.'i.So	H3707	to trouble · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Exodus 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the word…
Deuteronomy 9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode…
Psalms 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he shoul…
Exodus 32:10-14 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Deuteronomy 10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and t…
2 Samuel 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a miracle of mercy it was that they had not long ere this been destroyed in the wilderness: "Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God (Deu 9:7); so far from purchasing his favour, thou hast many a time laid thyself open to his displeasure." Their fathers' provocations are here charged upon them; for, if God had dealt with their fathers according to their deserts, this generation would never have been, much less would they have entered Canaan. We are apt to forget our provocations, especially when the smart of the rod is over, and have need to be…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:18

I fell down before the Lord--The sudden and painful reaction which this scene of pagan revelry produced on the mind of the pious and patriotic leader can be more easily imagined than described. Great and public sins call for seasons of extraordinary humiliation, and in his deep affliction for the awful apostasy, he seems to have held a miraculous fast as long as before.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:18

And I fell down before the Lord,.... In prayer for Israel who had sinned; but this he did not immediately after he had broken the tables, but when he had first ground the calf to powder, strewed it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it; and when he had chided Aaron, and ordered the sons of Levi to slay every man his brother: as at the first forty days and forty mights; which is to be connected, I think, not with what goes before; for we read not that he fell down before the Lord, at the first time he was with him so long in the mount; but with what follows: "I did neither eat bread nor drink water"; as he neither ate nor drank the first forty days, so neither did he these s…

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John Calvin on Deuteronomy 9:7-21

Dictionary and topics

Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Calf Of Gold · Moses interceded for those who worshipped — Moses interceded for those who worshipped
Fasting · Humiliation — Humiliation
Humility · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Intercession · OF MAN WITH GOD — OF MAN WITH GOD
Reproof · .Moses, of the Israelites — .Moses, of the Israelites
Theocracy, The, Or Immediate Government By God · Consisted in his: Exercise of the prerogative of mercy — Consisted in his: Exercise of the prerogative of mercy
Zeal, Religious · EXEMPLIFIE — EXEMPLIFIE

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 9:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:18

John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:18

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 9:7-21

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 9:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:18

John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:18

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 9:7-21

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 9:7-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 9:16

Rashi on Deuteronomy 9:18