Deuteronomy 1:34
New International Version
When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore:

New Living Translation
“When the LORD heard your complaining, he became very angry. So he solemnly swore,

English Standard Version
“And the LORD heard your words and was angered, and he swore,

Berean Standard Bible
When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

King James Bible
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

New King James Version
“And the LORD heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and took an oath, saying,

New American Standard Bible
“Then the LORD heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and swore an oath, saying,

NASB 1995
“Then the LORD heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying,

NASB 1977
“Then the LORD heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
“Then Yahweh heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and swore an oath, saying,

Amplified Bible
“And the LORD heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying,

Christian Standard Bible
“When the LORD heard your words, he grew angry and swore an oath:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

Contemporary English Version
You had made the LORD angry, and he said:

English Revised Version
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry and took this oath:

Good News Translation
"The LORD heard your complaints and became angry, and so he solemnly declared,

International Standard Version
"When the LORD heard your complaints, he became angry and declared,

Majority Standard Bible
When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

NET Bible
When the LORD heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

New Heart English Bible
The LORD heard the voice of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh heard the voice of your words and was angry, and swore, saying,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And YHWH hears the voice of your words, and is angry, and swears, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
'And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words, and is wroth, and sweareth, saying,

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jehovah will hear the voice of your words, and he will be angry, and he will swear, saying,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, he was angry and swore, and said:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, becoming angry, he swore and said:

New American Bible
When the LORD heard your words, he was angry, and took an oath:

New Revised Standard Version
When the LORD heard your words, he was wrathful and swore:
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the LORD heard the voice of your complaining, and was angry, and swore, saying,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And LORD JEHOVAH heard the voice of your words and he was angry and he swore and said:
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and being greatly provoked he sware, saying,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Israel's Penalty
34When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, 35“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,…

Cross References
Numbers 14:11-23
And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? / I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.” / But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. ...

Hebrews 3:16-19
For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ...

Numbers 14:26-35
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, / “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me. / So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. ...

Psalm 95:8-11
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. / For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” ...

Numbers 32:10-13
So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying, / ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— / not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’ ...

Hebrews 4:1-3
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. / Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

Numbers 14:1-10
Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. / All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! / Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” ...

1 Corinthians 10:5-11
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ...

Numbers 14:36-38
So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land— / those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD. / Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

Psalm 106:24-26
They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. / So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

Numbers 14:39-45
And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly. / Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.” / But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed! ...

Hebrews 3:7-11
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...

Numbers 13:31-33
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!” / So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature. / We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

Jude 1:5
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

Numbers 14:24
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.


Treasury of Scripture

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,

and sware

Deuteronomy 2:14,15
And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them…

Numbers 14:22-30
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; …

Numbers 32:8-13
Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land…

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When the LORD heard your words
The phrase begins with "When the LORD," which in Hebrew is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal presence and faithfulness. The act of hearing signifies God's attentiveness to His people's actions and words. In the context of Deuteronomy, this refers to the Israelites' complaints and lack of faith as they stood on the brink of the Promised Land. The "words" here are the expressions of doubt and rebellion against God's promises, highlighting the importance of faith and trust in God's plan.

He grew angry
The Hebrew root for "angry" is "anaph," which conveys a deep, righteous indignation. This anger is not capricious but is a response to the Israelites' lack of faith and disobedience. It reflects God's holiness and justice, as well as His desire for His people to trust Him. The anger of God is a theme throughout the Old Testament, serving as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance.

and swore an oath
The act of swearing an oath in the ancient Near Eastern context was a solemn and binding declaration. In Hebrew, the word for "swore" is "shaba," which is related to the word for seven, indicating completeness and perfection. God's oath here is a response to the Israelites' rebellion, signifying a decisive and unchangeable decision. This underscores the gravity of their unbelief and the consequences of not trusting in God's promises.

saying
The word "saying" introduces the content of God's oath, which is detailed in the following verses. It serves as a transition, preparing the reader for the serious pronouncement that follows. In the broader scriptural context, when God speaks, His words carry authority and power, shaping the course of history and the destiny of His people. This highlights the importance of listening to and obeying God's voice.

(34) Was wroth, and sware.--See Psalm 95:11, "I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest."

Verse 34. - And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and he was wroth, and sware, etc. (comp. Numbers 14:21-24).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

heard
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (way·yiš·ma‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

your words,
דִּבְרֵיכֶ֑ם (diḇ·rê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

He grew angry
וַיִּקְצֹ֖ף (way·yiq·ṣōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7107: To crack off, burst out in rage

and swore an oath,
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥ע (way·yiš·šā·ḇa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

saying,
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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