But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.
Parallel translations
- WEB But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn’t listen to me. Yahweh said to me, “Let this satisfy you. Speak no more to me of this matter.
- KJV But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
- NKJV “But the Lord was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So the Lord said to me: ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter.
- NASB But the Lord was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; instead, the Lord said to me, ‘Enough! Do not speak to Me any more about this matter.
- NLT “But the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That’s enough!’ he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.
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Quick answer
The LORD, angry on account of Israel, refused and told Moses to speak no more of it. It records the firm denial of his request.
Overview
God declines Moses's plea, linking it to the earlier failure at Meribah where Moses sinned, here said to be for the people's sakes. The refusal shows that even a great leader is not exempt from the consequences of disobedience. Yet God's no is not the end of His care for Moses, as the next verses reveal His mercy.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 1:37The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
- Deut 31:2he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
- Matt 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- 2 Cor 12:8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
- 1 Chr 22:7–9“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
- Isa 53:5–6But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- 1 Chr 28:2–4Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,
- Ps 106:32–33At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
- Num 20:7–12And the LORD said to Moses,
- 1 Chr 17:12–13He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
- Deut 32:51–52For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
- Num 27:12–14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
- Deut 34:4And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”
- 1 Chr 17:4“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
- Matt 20:22“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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