Psalm 106:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ Then He said that He would destroy them, Had not Mosheh His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, 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:

Psalm 106:23 Cross References

Job 35:8

Your wrong is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man.

Psalm 105:26

He sent Mosheh His servant, Aharon whom He had chosen.

Psalm 105:6

O seed of Aḇ

Exodus 32:32

“And now, if You would forgive their sin, but if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written.”

Jeremiah 5:1

“Diligently search the streets of Yerushalayim, and please look, and know and seek in her open places if you find a man, if there is anyone doing right-ruling, seeking the truth, then I shall pardon her.

Ezekiel 13:5

“You have not gone up into the breaches, nor do you build a wall for the house of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 20:8

“But they rebelled against Me, and would not obey Me. All of them did not throw away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Mitsrayim. So I resolved to pour out My wrath on them to complete My displeasure against them in the midst of the land of Mitsrayim.

Ezekiel 22:30

“And I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the breach before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it – but I did not find one!

Numbers 16:5

and spoke to Qoraḥ

Matthew 12:18

“See, My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My being did delight. I shall put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall declare right-ruling to the nations.

John 15:16

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name He might give you.

John 15:19

“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.

Deuteronomy 10:10

“And I stayed in the mountain for forty days and forty nights. And יהוה  heard me at that time also, and יהוה  chose not to destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:19

“For I was afraid of the displeasure and rage with which יהוה  was wroth with you, to destroy you. But יהוה  listened to me that time once more.

Deuteronomy 9:25

“So I fell down before יהוה  the forty days and forty nights, for I fell down because יהוה  had said He would destroy you.

James 5:16

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, so that you are healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous one accomplishes much.