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Deuteronomy 9

Deut. 9:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let me alone
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
, that I may destroy
shamad (Hebrew #8045)
to desolate
KJV usage: destory(- uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, X utterly.
Pronounce: shaw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
them, and blots out
machah (Hebrew #4229)
properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
KJV usage: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out).
Pronounce: maw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
their name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
from under heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
: andt I will make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
of
'eth (Hebrew #854)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
KJV usage: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: probably from 579
thee a nation
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
mightier
`atsuwm (Hebrew #6099)
passive participle of 6105; powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
KJV usage: + feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.
Pronounce: aw-tsoom'
Origin: or matsum {aw-tsoom'}
and greater
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
than they.

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Let me.
Ex. 32:10‑13• 10Now 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.
11And Moses besought Jehovah his God and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel , thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.
(Ex. 32:10‑13)
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Isa. 62:6‑7• 6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace all day and all night: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, take ye no rest,
7and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make, Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
(Isa. 62:6‑7)
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Jer. 14:11• 11{i}And Jehovah said unto me{/i}, Pray not for this people for their good. (Jer. 14:11)
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Jer. 15:1• 1{i}And Jehovah said unto me,{/i} Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight and let them go forth. (Jer. 15:1)
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Luke 11:7‑10• 7and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give [it] thee.
8I say unto you, although he will not rise up and give [them] to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise up and give him as many as he wanteth.
9{i}And{/i} I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it will be opened.
(Luke 11:7‑10)
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Luke 18:1‑8• 1And he spoke also a parable to them, to the purport that they should always pray, and not faint,
2saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God, and not respecting man.
3And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary;
4and he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God, and respect not man,
5at any rate because this widow annoys me, I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetual coming completely harass me.
6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them.
8I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man cometh, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?
(Luke 18:1‑8)
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Acts 7:51• 51Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers so ye. (Acts 7:51)
blot.
and I will.

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)