Deuteronomy 9:27
New International Version
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin.

New Living Translation
Please overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

English Standard Version
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin,

Berean Standard Bible
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.

King James Bible
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

New King James Version
Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look on the stubbornness of this people, or on their wickedness or their sin,

New American Standard Bible
Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not turn Your attention to the stubbornness of this people, or to their wickedness, or their sin.

NASB 1995
‘Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.

NASB 1977
‘Remember Thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.

Legacy Standard Bible
Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stiff-neck of this people or at their wickedness or their sin,

Amplified Bible
Remember [with compassion] Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or at their sin,

Christian Standard Bible
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.

American Standard Version
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,

Contemporary English Version
Israel's ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob obeyed you faithfully. Think about them, and not about Israel's stubbornness, evil, and sin.

English Revised Version
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

Good News Translation
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and do not pay any attention to the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of this people.

International Standard Version
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don't pay attention to the stubbornness, wickedness, and sinfulness of this people.

Majority Standard Bible
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.

NET Bible
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

New Heart English Bible
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,

Webster's Bible Translation
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

World English Bible
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
be mindful of Your servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob; do not turn to the stiffness of this people, and to its wickedness, and to its sin,

Young's Literal Translation
be mindful of Thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, turn not unto the stiffness of this people, and unto its wickedness, and unto its sin;

Smith's Literal Translation
Remember thy servants, for Abraham, for Isaak, and for Jacob, thou wilt not look to the stubbornness of this people, and to its wickedness, and to its sin:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: look not on the stubbornness of this people, nor on their wickedness and sin:

Catholic Public Domain Version
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people, nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.

New American Bible
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people nor upon their wickedness and sin,

New Revised Standard Version
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; pay no attention to the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sins;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
But remember your Servants, Abraham and Isaac and Yaquuv; do not be turned away because of the hardness of this people, and by its evil, and by its sins.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Remember Thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Remember Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thyself: look not upon the hardness of heart of this people, and their impieties, and their sins.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Golden Calf
26And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin. 28Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’…

Cross References
Exodus 32:13
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”

Genesis 22:15-18
And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time, / saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. ...

Genesis 26:3-5
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, / because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Genesis 28:13-15
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

Psalm 105:8-11
He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ...

Nehemiah 9:7-8
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. / You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

1 Chronicles 16:15-18
Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ...

Micah 7:20
You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

Hebrews 6:13-18
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, / saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” / And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise. ...

Luke 1:72-73
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, / the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

Acts 3:25
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

Romans 11:28-29
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs. / For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

Galatians 3:29
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.


Treasury of Scripture

Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

Remember

Exodus 3:6,16
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God…

Exodus 6:3-8
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them…

Exodus 13:5
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

look not

Exodus 32:31,32
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold…

1 Samuel 25:25
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

Psalm 78:8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

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1. Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness
7. Moses reminds them of the golden calf














Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
This phrase calls upon the covenantal promises God made with the patriarchs of Israel. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are central figures in the history of Israel, representing the foundation of God's chosen people. The invocation of their names is a reminder of the unconditional promises God made to them, including the promise of land, descendants, and blessing to all nations (Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 26:3-4, Genesis 28:13-14). This appeal to the patriarchs underscores the continuity of God's faithfulness across generations, despite the people's current disobedience. It also highlights the importance of intercessory prayer, as Moses pleads with God to remember His covenant, much like how Jesus intercedes for believers (Hebrews 7:25).

Overlook the stubbornness of this people
The term "stubbornness" refers to the Israelites' repeated resistance to God's commands and their tendency to rebel, as seen throughout their wilderness journey (Exodus 32:9, Numbers 14:11). This stubbornness is a recurring theme in Deuteronomy, where Moses frequently reminds the people of their rebellious nature (Deuteronomy 9:6-7). The request for God to overlook this stubbornness is an appeal for divine mercy and grace, recognizing that the people cannot stand on their own righteousness. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's patience and long-suffering with His people (Psalm 103:8-10).

and the wickedness of their sin.
"Wickedness" here emphasizes the moral and spiritual failures of the Israelites, which include idolatry, unbelief, and disobedience (Exodus 32:1-6, Numbers 14:1-4). Sin, in this context, is not just a breach of law but a breach of relationship with God. The plea for God to overlook their sin is a request for forgiveness and restoration, acknowledging that only God's grace can cover their transgressions. This foreshadows the ultimate atonement for sin through Jesus Christ, who bore the sins of humanity to reconcile them to God (2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:24).

Persons / Places / Events
1. Moses
The leader of the Israelites who is interceding on behalf of the people, reminding God of His covenant with the patriarchs.

2. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
The patriarchs of Israel, with whom God made significant covenants, promising land, descendants, and blessings.

3. The Israelites
The people Moses is interceding for, who have shown stubbornness and sinfulness.

4. The Promised Land
The land God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which the Israelites are on the verge of entering.

5. Mount Sinai
The place where Moses received the Law and where the Israelites committed the sin of the golden calf, demonstrating their stubbornness.
Teaching Points
The Power of Intercession
Moses' prayer demonstrates the importance of interceding for others, reminding us to pray for those who have strayed from God's path.

God's Covenant Faithfulness
Despite human failure, God remains faithful to His promises. This encourages us to trust in His unchanging nature.

The Importance of Remembrance
Moses calls God to remember His servants, teaching us to recall God's past faithfulness in our own lives.

Dealing with Stubbornness and Sin
Acknowledge and confess our own stubbornness and sin, seeking God's forgiveness and transformation.

The Role of Leaders
Moses' leadership highlights the responsibility of leaders to advocate for their people and guide them back to God.(27) Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.--This is found exactly in Exodus 32:13. Very few of the words used by Moses in the second forty days are found in Exodus. (See Exodus 34:9.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Remember
זְכֹר֙ (zə·ḵōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

Your servants
לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ (la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

Abraham,
לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם (lə·’aḇ·rā·hām)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

Isaac,
לְיִצְחָ֖ק (lə·yiṣ·ḥāq)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah

and Jacob.
וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑ב (ū·lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

Overlook
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

the stubbornness
קְשִׁי֙ (qə·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7190: Stubbornness

of this
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

people,
הָעָ֣ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

their wickedness
רִשְׁע֖וֹ (riš·‘ōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7562: Wickedness

and sin.
חַטָּאתֽוֹ׃ (ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender


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