- Deuteronomy 9:4
אַל־תֹּאמַר בִּלְבָבְךָ בַּהֲדֹף יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֹתָם ׀ מִלְּפָנֶיךָ לֵאמֹר בְּצִדְקָתִי הֱבִיאַנִי יְהֹוָה לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וּבְרִשְׁעַת הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה יְהֹוָה מוֹרִישָׁם מִפָּנֶיךָ׃
And when the ETERNAL your God has thrust them from your path, say not to yourselves, “GOD has enabled us to possess this land because of our virtues”; it is rather because of the wickedness of those nations that GOD is dispossessing them before you.
Targum Onkelos
לָא תֵּימַר בְּלִבָּךְ בִּדְיִתְבַּר יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָתְהוֹן מִן קֳדָמָךְ לְמֵימַר בְּזָכוּתִי אַעֲלַנִי יְיָ לְמֵירַת יָת אַרְעָא הָדָא וּבְחוֹבֵי עַמְמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין יְיָ מְתָרֵיךְ לְהוֹן מִן קֳדָמָךְ׃
Do not think, when Adonoy, your God, smashes them before you, saying: ‘‘Because of my righteousness [merit] has Adonoy brought me to inherit this land,’’ and because of the wickedness [sins] of these nations is Adonoy expelling them before you.
- Deuteronomy 9:5
לֹא בְצִדְקָתְךָ וּבְיֹשֶׁר לְבָבְךָ אַתָּה בָא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־אַרְצָם כִּי בְּרִשְׁעַת ׀ הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מוֹרִישָׁם מִפָּנֶיךָ וּלְמַעַן הָקִים אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהֹוָה לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב׃
It is not because of your virtues and your rectitude that you will be able to possess their country; but it is because of their wickedness that the ETERNAL your God is dispossessing those nations before you, and in order to fulfill the oath that GOD made to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Targum Onkelos
לָא בְזָכוּתָךְ וּבְקַשִּׁיטוּת לִבָּךְ אַתְּ עָלֵיל לְמֵירַת יָת אֲרַעְהוֹן אֲרֵי בְּחוֹבֵי עַמְמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מְתָרֵיךְ לְהוֹן מִן קֳדָמָךְ וּבְדִיל לְקַיָּימָא יָת פִּתְגָמָא דְּקַיֵּים יְיָ לַאֲבָהָתָךְ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב׃
Not because of your righteousness [merit] and the uprightness of your heart are you coming to inherit their land. Rather, because of the wickedness [sins] of these nations is Adonoy, your God, expelling them before you, and in order to fulfill the matter that Adonoy swore to your forefathers—to Avrohom, to Yitzchok, and to Yaakov.
- Deuteronomy 9:6
וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי לֹא בְצִדְקָתְךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּאת לְרִשְׁתָּהּ כִּי עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹרֶף אָתָּה׃
Know, then, that it is not for any virtue of yours that the ETERNAL your God is giving you this good land to possess; for you are a stiffnecked people.
Targum Onkelos
וְתִדַּע אֲרֵי לָא בְזָכוּתָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ יָת אַרְעָא טָבְתָא הָדָא לְמֵירְתַהּ אֲרֵי עַם קְשֵׁי קְדָל אַתְּ׃
Know that not because of your righteousness is Adonoy, your God, giving you this good land to inherit, for you are a stubborn people.
- Deuteronomy 9:7
זְכֹר אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הִקְצַפְתָּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בַּמִּדְבָּר לְמִן־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יָצָאתָ ׀ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עַד־בֹּאֲכֶם עַד־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם עִם־יְהֹוָה׃
Remember, never forget, how you provoked the ETERNAL your God to anger in the wilderness: from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have continued defiant toward GOD.
Targum Onkelos
הֱוִי דְּכִיר לָא תִתְנְשֵׁי יָת דְּאַרְגֵּיזְתָּא קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּמַדְבְּרָא לְמִן יוֹמָא דִּנְפַקְתָּא מֵאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם עַד מֵיתֵיכוֹן עַד אַתְרָא הָדֵין מְסָרְבִין הֲוֵיתוֹן קֳדָם יְיָ׃
Recall, do not forget, how you angered Adonoy, your God, in the wilderness; from the day you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place you have been defiers with Adonoy.
- Deuteronomy 9:8
וּבְחֹרֵב הִקְצַפְתֶּם אֶת־יְהֹוָה וַיִּתְאַנַּף יְהֹוָה בָּכֶם לְהַשְׁמִיד אֶתְכֶם׃
At Horeb you so provoked GOD that GOD was angry enough with you to have destroyed you.
Targum Onkelos
וּבְחוֹרֵב אַרְגֵּיזְתּוּן קֳדָם יְיָ וּתְקֵיף רוּגְזָא דַּייָ בְּכוֹן לְשֵׁיצָאָה יָתְכוֹן׃
And in Choreiv you angered Adonoy, and [from before] Adonoy was infuriated with you to destroy you.
- Deuteronomy 9:9
בַּעֲלֹתִי הָהָרָה לָקַחַת לוּחֹת הָאֲבָנִים לוּחֹת הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר־כָּרַת יְהֹוָה עִמָּכֶם וָאֵשֵׁב בָּהָר אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לַיְלָה לֶחֶם לֹא אָכַלְתִּי וּמַיִם לֹא שָׁתִיתִי׃
I had ascended the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the Tablets of the Covenant that GOD had made with you, and I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, eating no bread and drinking no water.
Targum Onkelos
בְּמִסְּקִי לְטוּרָא לְמִסַּב לוּחֵי אַבְנַיָּא לוּחֵי קְיָמָא דִּגְזַר יְיָ עִמְּכוֹן וִיתֵיבִית בְּטוּרָא אַרְבְּעִין יְמָמִין וְאַרְבְּעִין לֵילָוָן לַחְמָא לָא אֲכַלִית וּמַיָּא לָא שְׁתִיתִי׃
When I went up the mountain to take the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that Adonoy made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.
- Deuteronomy 9:10
וַיִּתֵּן יְהֹוָה אֵלַי אֶת־שְׁנֵי לוּחֹת הָאֲבָנִים כְּתֻבִים בְּאֶצְבַּע אֱלֹהִים וַעֲלֵיהֶם כְּכׇל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהֹוָה עִמָּכֶם בָּהָר מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל׃
And the ETERNAL gave me the two tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God, with the exact words that the ETERNAL had addressed to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the Assembly.
Targum Onkelos
וִיהַב יְיָ לִי יָת תְּרֵין לוּחֵי אַבְנַיָּא כְּתִיבִין בְּאֶצְבְּעָא דַּייָ וַעֲלֵיהוֹן כְּכָל פִּתְגָמַיָּא דְּמַלֵּיל יְיָ עִמְּכוֹן בְּטוּרָא מִגּוֹ אִישָׁתָא בְּיוֹמָא דִּקְהָלָא׃
Adonoy gave me the two stone tablets written with God’s finger and upon them all the statements that Adonoy addressed to you on the mountain from within the fire, on the day of assembly.
- Deuteronomy 9:11
וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה נָתַן יְהֹוָה אֵלַי אֶת־שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָאֲבָנִים לֻחוֹת הַבְּרִית׃
At the end of those forty days and forty nights, GOD gave me the two tablets of stone, the Tablets of the Covenant.
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲוָה מִסּוֹף אַרְבְּעִין יְמָמִין וְאַרְבְּעִין לֵילָוָן יְהַב יְיָ לִי יָת תְּרֵין לוּחֵי אַבְנַיָּא לוּחֵי קְיָמָא׃
When, at the end of forty days and forty nights, Adonoy gave me the two stone tablets, the covenant tablets,
- Deuteronomy 9:12
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֵלַי קוּם רֵד מַהֵר מִזֶּה כִּי שִׁחֵת עַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם סָרוּ מַהֵר מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִם עָשׂוּ לָהֶם מַסֵּכָה׃
And GOD said to me, “Hurry, go down from here at once, for the people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted wickedly; they have been quick to stray from the path that I enjoined upon them; they have made themselves a molten image.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִי קוּם חוֹת בִּפְרִיעַ מִכָּא אֲרֵי חַבֵּיל עַמָּךְ דְּאַפֵּיקְתָּא מִמִּצְרָיִם סְטוֹ בִּפְרִיעַ מִן אוֹרְחָא דְּפַקֵּידְתִּנּוּן עֲבַדוּ לְהוֹן מַתְּכָא׃
Adonoy said to me, ‘‘Get ready! Go down quickly from here, because your people has corrupted—whom you took out of Egypt; they have veered swiftly from the way that I commanded them; they made them a molten image.
- Deuteronomy 9:13
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹר רָאִיתִי אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה וְהִנֵּה עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹרֶף הוּא׃
GOD further said to me, “I see that this is a stiffnecked people.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִי לְמֵימַר גְּלֵי קֳדָמַי עַמָּא הָדֵין וְהָא עַם קְשֵׁי קְדָל הוּא׃
Adonoy said to me, to say, ‘‘I have seen this people [have been revealed berore Me], and look, it is a stubborn people!
- Deuteronomy 9:14
הֶרֶף מִמֶּנִּי וְאַשְׁמִידֵם וְאֶמְחֶה אֶת־שְׁמָם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם וְאֶעֱשֶׂה אוֹתְךָ לְגוֹי־עָצוּם וָרָב מִמֶּנּוּ׃
Let Me alone and I will destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven, and I will make you a nation far more numerous than they.”
Targum Onkelos
אָנַח בָּעוּתָךְ מִן קֳדָמַי וַאֲשֵׁיצֵינוּן וְאֶמְחֵי יָת שׁוֹמְהוֹן מִתְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא וְאַעֲבֵיד יָתָךְ לְעַם תַּקִּיף וְסַגִּי מִנְּהוֹן׃
Leave Me alone and let Me destroy them and eliminate their name from beneath the sky, and let Me make you into a nation more powerful and numerous than they.’’
- Deuteronomy 9:15
וָאֵפֶן וָאֵרֵד מִן־הָהָר וְהָהָר בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ וּשְׁנֵי לוּחֹת הַבְּרִית עַל שְׁתֵּי יָדָי׃
I started down the mountain, a mountain ablaze with fire, the two Tablets of the Covenant in my two hands.
Targum Onkelos
וְאִתְפְּנִיתִי וּנְחַתִית מִן טוּרָא וְטוּרָא בָּעַר בְּאִישָׁתָא וּתְרֵין לוּחֵי קְיָמָא עַל תַּרְתֵּין יְדָי׃
I turned and descended the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two covenant tablets were on my two hands.
- Deuteronomy 9:16
וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה חֲטָאתֶם לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה סַרְתֶּם מַהֵר מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֶתְכֶם׃
I saw how you had sinned against the ETERNAL your God: you had made yourselves a molten calf; you had been quick to stray from the path that GOD had enjoined upon you.
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲזֵית וְהָא חַבְתּוּן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן עֲבַדְתּוּן לְכוֹן עֵיגֶל מַתְּכָא סְטֵיתוֹן בִּפְרִיעַ מִן אוֹרְחָא דְּפַקֵּיד יְיָ יָתְכוֹן׃
I beheld that you had just sinned to Adonoy, your God, you had made yourselves a molten calf; you had veered swiftly from the way that Adonoy had commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 9:17
וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ בִּשְׁנֵי הַלֻּחֹת וָאַשְׁלִכֵם מֵעַל שְׁתֵּי יָדָי וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵם לְעֵינֵיכֶם׃
Thereupon I gripped the two tablets and flung them away with both my hands, smashing them before your eyes.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲחַדִית בִּתְרֵין לוּחַיָּא וּרְמֵיתִנּוּן מֵעַל תַּרְתֵּין יְדָי וְתַבַּרְתִנּוּן לְעֵינֵיכוֹן׃
I grasped the two tablets and threw them from (upon) my two hands, and smashed them before your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 9:18
וָאֶתְנַפַּל לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה כָּרִאשֹׁנָה אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לַיְלָה לֶחֶם לֹא אָכַלְתִּי וּמַיִם לֹא שָׁתִיתִי עַל כׇּל־חַטַּאתְכֶם אֲשֶׁר חֲטָאתֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה לְהַכְעִיסוֹ׃
I threw myself down before GOD—eating no bread and drinking no water forty days and forty nights, as before—because of the great wrong you had committed, doing what displeased and vexed GOD.
Targum Onkelos
וְאִשְׁתַּטַּחִית קֳדָם יְיָ כַּד בְּקַדְמֵיתָא אַרְבְּעִין יְמָמִין וְאַרְבְּעִין לֵילָוָן לַחְמָא לָא אֲכַלִית וּמַיָּא לָא שְׁתִיתִי עַל כָּל חוֹבַתְכוֹן דְּחַבְתּוּן לְמֶעֱבַד דְּבִישׁ קֳדָם יְיָ לְאַרְגָּזָא קֳדָמוֹהִי׃
I prostrated myself before Adonoy as before, forty days and forty nights, bread I did not eat nor water did I drink; for all of your sin that you sinned by doing what is evil in [before] Adonoy’s eyes to anger [before] Him.
- Deuteronomy 9:19
כִּי יָגֹרְתִּי מִפְּנֵי הָאַף וְהַחֵמָה אֲשֶׁר קָצַף יְהֹוָה עֲלֵיכֶם לְהַשְׁמִיד אֶתְכֶם וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהֹוָה אֵלַי גַּם בַּפַּעַם הַהִוא׃
For I was in dread of the fierce anger against you that moved GOD to wipe you out. And that time, too, GOD gave heed to me.—
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי דְּחֵילִית מִן קֳדָם רוּגְזָא וְחִמְתָּא דִּרְגַז יְיָ עֲלֵיכוֹן לְשֵׁיצָאָה יָתְכוֹן וְקַבֵּיל יְיָ צְלוֹתִי אַף בְּזִמְנָא הַהוּא׃
Because I was afraid of the anger and the fury that Adonoy raged at you to destroy you; and Adonoy accepted my prayer that time as well.
- Deuteronomy 9:20
וּבְאַהֲרֹן הִתְאַנַּף יְהֹוָה מְאֹד לְהַשְׁמִידוֹ וָאֶתְפַּלֵּל גַּם־בְּעַד אַהֲרֹן בָּעֵת הַהִוא׃
Moreover, GOD was angry enough with Aaron to have destroyed him; so I also interceded for Aaron at that time.—
Targum Onkelos
וְעַל אַהֲרוֹן הֲוָה רְגַז מִן קֳדָם יְיָ לַחְדָּא לְשֵׁיצָיוּתֵיהּ וְצַלִּיתִי אַף עַל אַהֲרוֹן בְּעִדָּנָא הַהוּא׃
And at Aharon [from before] Adonoy [He] grew very angry to destroy him; I prayed for Aharon, too, at that time.
- Deuteronomy 9:21
וְאֶת־חַטַּאתְכֶם אֲשֶׁר־עֲשִׂיתֶם אֶת־הָעֵגֶל לָקַחְתִּי וָאֶשְׂרֹף אֹתוֹ ׀ בָּאֵשׁ וָאֶכֹּת אֹתוֹ טָחוֹן הֵיטֵב עַד אֲשֶׁר־דַּק לְעָפָר וָאַשְׁלִךְ אֶת־עֲפָרוֹ אֶל־הַנַּחַל הַיֹּרֵד מִן־הָהָר׃
As for that sinful thing you had made, the calf, I took it and put it to the fire; I broke it to bits and ground it thoroughly until it was fine as dust, and I threw its dust into the brook that comes down from the mountain.
Targum Onkelos
וְיָת חוֹבַתְכוֹן דַּעֲבַדְתּוּן יָת עִגְלָא נְסֵיבִית וְאוֹקֵידִית יָתֵיהּ בְּנוּרָא וְשַׁפִית יָתֵיהּ בְּשׁוֹפִינָא יָאוּת עַד דַּהֲוָה דַּקִיק לְעַפְרָא וּרְמֵית יָת עַפְרֵיהּ לְנַחְלָא דְּנָחֵית מִן טוּרָא׃
And the sin[-object] that you made, the calf, I took and burned it in fire. I crushed it—thoroughly grinding it—until it was fine—to dust; and I threw its dust into the stream that was flowing down from the mountain.
- Deuteronomy 9:22
וּבְתַבְעֵרָה וּבְמַסָּה וּבְקִבְרֹת הַתַּאֲוָה מַקְצִפִים הֱיִיתֶם אֶת־יְהֹוָה׃
Again you provoked GOD at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Targum Onkelos
וּבִדְלֵיקְתָא וּבְנִסֵּיתָא וּבְקִבְרֵי דִּמְשַׁאֲלֵי מַרְגְּזִין הֲוֵיתוֹן קֳדָם יְיָ׃
And in Tav’eiroh and in Massoh and in Kivros Hata’voh you were angerers of [before] Adonoy.
- Deuteronomy 9:23
וּבִשְׁלֹחַ יְהֹוָה אֶתְכֶם מִקָּדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ לֵאמֹר עֲלוּ וּרְשׁוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָכֶם וַתַּמְרוּ אֶת־פִּי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְלֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם לוֹ וְלֹא שְׁמַעְתֶּם בְּקֹלוֹ׃
And when GOD sent you on from Kadesh-barnea, saying, “Go up and take possession of the land that I am giving you,” you flouted the command of the ETERNAL your God—whom you did not put your trust in nor obey.
Targum Onkelos
וְכַד שְׁלַח יְיָ יָתְכוֹן מֵרְקַם גֵּיאָה לְמֵימַר סַקוּ וְאַחְסִינוּ יָת אַרְעָא דִּיהַבִית לְכוֹן וְסָרֵיבְתּוּן עַל מֵימְרָא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן וְלָא הֵימַנְתּוּן לֵיהּ וְלָא קַבֵּילְתּוּן לְמֵימְרֵיהּ׃
And when Adonoy sent you from Kodeish Barnei’a [Rekam Geyah], saying, ‘‘Go up and inherit the land that I have given you.’’ But you defied [the decree of the word of] Adonoy, your God, and did not trust Him, and did not heed Him [accept His word].
- Deuteronomy 9:24
מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם עִם־יְהֹוָה מִיּוֹם דַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם׃
As long as I have known you, you have been defiant toward GOD.
Targum Onkelos
מְסָרְבִין הֲוֵיתוּן קֳדָם יְיָ מִיּוֹמָא דִּידַעִית יָתְכוֹן׃
Defiers have you been with Adonoy, from the day I know you.
- Deuteronomy 9:25
וָאֶתְנַפַּל לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה אֵת אַרְבָּעִים הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־אַרְבָּעִים הַלַּיְלָה אֲשֶׁר הִתְנַפָּלְתִּי כִּי־אָמַר יְהֹוָה לְהַשְׁמִיד אֶתְכֶם׃
When I lay prostrate before GOD those forty days and forty nights, because GOD was determined to destroy you,
Targum Onkelos
וְאִשְׁתַּטַּחִית קֳדָם יְיָ יָת אַרְבְּעִין יְמָמִין וְיָת אַרְבְּעִין לֵילָוָן דְּאִשְׁתַּטַּחִית אֲרֵי אֲמַר יְיָ לְשֵׁיצָאָה יָתְכוֹן׃
I prostrated myself before Adonoy the forty days and the forty nights that I prostrated myself, because Adonoy intended to destroy you.
- Deuteronomy 9:26
וָאֶתְפַּלֵּל אֶל־יְהֹוָה וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר פָּדִיתָ בְּגׇדְלֶךָ אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵאתָ מִמִּצְרַיִם בְּיָד חֲזָקָה׃
I prayed to GOD and said, “O my Sovereign GOD, do not annihilate Your very own people, whom You redeemed in Your majesty and whom You freed from Egypt with a mighty hand.
Targum Onkelos
וְצַלִּיתִי קֳדָם יְיָ וַאֲמַרִית יְיָ אֱלֹהִים לָא תְחַבֵּיל עַמָּךְ וְאַחְסָנְתָךְ דִּפְרַקְתָּא בְּתוּקְפָךְ דְּאַפֵּיקְתָּא מִמִּצְרַיִם בְּיַד תַּקִּיפָא׃
I prayed to Adonoy and said, ‘‘Adonoy, God, do not harm Your people and Your territory that You redeemed with Your power, whom You took out of Egypt with a powerful hand.
- Deuteronomy 9:27
זְכֹר לַעֲבָדֶיךָ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־קְשִׁי הָעָם הַזֶּה וְאֶל־רִשְׁעוֹ וְאֶל־חַטָּאתוֹ׃
Give thought to Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and pay no heed to the stubbornness of this people, its wickedness, and its sinfulness.
Targum Onkelos
אִדְּכַר לְעַבְדָךְ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב לָא תִתְפְּנֵי לְקַשָּׁיוּת עַמָּא הָדֵין וּלְחוֹבֵיהוֹן וְלִחְטָאֵיהוֹן׃
Recall Your servants—Avrohom, Yitzchok, and Yaakov; do not pay attention to the stubborness of this people, to its wickedness, and to its sin.
- Deuteronomy 9:28
פֶּן־יֹאמְרוּ הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָנוּ מִשָּׁם מִבְּלִי יְכֹלֶת יְהֹוָה לַהֲבִיאָם אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר לָהֶם וּמִשִּׂנְאָתוֹ אוֹתָם הוֹצִיאָם לַהֲמִתָם בַּמִּדְבָּר׃
Else the country from which You freed us will say, ‘It was because GOD was powerless to bring them into the land promised to them, and because of having rejected them, that he brought them out to have them die in the wilderness.’
Targum Onkelos
דִּלְמָא יֵימְרוּן דָּיְירֵי אַרְעָא דְּאַפֵּיקְתַּנָא מִתַּמָּן מִדְּלֵית יוּכְלָא קֳדָם יְיָ לְאַעָלוּתְהוֹן לְאַרְעָא דְּמַלֵּיל לְהוֹן וּמִדְּשָׂנֵי יָתְהוֹן אַפֵּיקִנּוּן לְקַטָּלוּתְהוֹן בְּמַדְבְּרָא׃
Lest [the inhabitants] say—[of] the land that you took us out of—‘Because of Adonony’s inability to bring them [up] to the land that He promised for them, and because of His hatred of them, He took them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
- Deuteronomy 9:29
וְהֵם עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָתֶךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָ בְּכֹחֲךָ הַגָּדֹל וּבִזְרֹעֲךָ הַנְּטוּיָה׃
Yet they are Your very own people, whom You freed with Your great might and Your outstretched arm.”
Targum Onkelos
וְאִנּוּן עַמָּךְ וְאַחְסָנְתָךְ דְּאַפֵּיקְתָּא בְּחֵילָךְ רַבָּא וּבִדְרָעָךְ מְרָמְמָא׃
But they are Your people, Your territory, whom You took out with Your great power and with Your extended arm.’’