Psalm 106:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Therefore He said He would destroy them. [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the breach before Him to turn away His threatening wrath. [Exod. 32:10, 11, 32.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Common English Bible

²³ So God determined that he would destroy them— except for the fact that Moses, his chosen one, stood in the way, right in front of him, and turned God’s destructive anger away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:

Psalm 106:23 Cross References

Job 35:8

Your wickedness affects others like you, and your righteousness, other human beings.

Psalm 105:26

He sent his servant Moses and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Psalm 105:6

O offspring of his servant Abraham, children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Exodus 32:32

But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of the book that you have written.”

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 13:5

You have not gone up into the breaches or repaired a wall for the house of Israel, so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:8

But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; not one of them cast away the detestable things on which their eyes feasted, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Numbers 16:5

Then he spoke to Korah and all his congregation, saying, “In the morning the Lord will make known who is his and who is holy and who will be allowed to approach him; the one whom he will choose he will allow to approach him.

Matthew 12:18

“Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the gentiles.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Deuteronomy 10:10

“I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the Lord listened to me. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:19

For I was afraid that the anger that the Lord bore against you was so fierce that he would destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also.

Deuteronomy 9:25

“Throughout the forty days and forty nights that I lay prostrate before the Lord when the Lord intended to destroy you,

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.