The Meaning of Deuteronomy 9:27 Explained

Deuteronomy 9:27

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

YLT: 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;

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Deuteronomy 9:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 9:15-29 - Moses' Intercession For A Rebellious People
During the remainder of this chapter Moses continues to remind the people of their rebellions. It is well, when we are tempted to self-adulation, to listen to that faithful monitor, conscience, recording our evil past. We are apt to forget our many provocations of God, especially when the smart of the rod is over. But we have all had our Horebs, Taberahs, Marahs, Kibroth-hataavahs and Kadesh-barneas, 1 Corinthians 10:11.
Again and again would the people have been destroyed, if human justice had decided their case. But Moses, the mediator, knew the holy love of God's heart; and expressed it in his prayers on their behalf. See Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 9:20; Deuteronomy 9:25-29. We are reminded of Him who ever liveth to make intercession for us within the veil, Hebrews 6:20; Hebrews 7:26-27; Hebrews 9:24. Let us imitate Moses in his life of intercessions; and mark well his arguments that we may use them for ourselves and others. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 9

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

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 9:27 mean?

Remember Your servants Abraham Isaac and Jacob not do look on the stubbornness of people this or on their wickedness or their sin
זְכֹר֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑ב אַל־ תֵּ֗פֶן אֶל־ קְשִׁי֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְאֶל־ רִשְׁע֖וֹ וְאֶל־ חַטָּאתֽוֹ

זְכֹר֙  Remember 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: זָכַר 
Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind.
לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ  Your  servants 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם  Abraham 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַבְרָהָם  
Sense: friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God’s elective covenant.
לְיִצְחָ֖ק  Isaac 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִצְחָק  
Sense: son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau.
וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑ב  and  Jacob 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעֲקֹב  
Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel.
תֵּ֗פֶן  do  look 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Jussive, second person masculine singular
Root: פֹּונֶה 
Sense: to turn.
קְשִׁי֙  the  stubbornness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קְשִׁי  
Sense: stubbornness, obstinacy.
הָעָ֣ם  of  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הַזֶּ֔ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
וְאֶל־  or  on 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
רִשְׁע֖וֹ  their  wickedness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֶשַׁע  
Sense: wrong, wickedness, guilt.
חַטָּאתֽוֹ  their  sin 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.