God wanted to destroy those people.\par But Moses, the man he chose,\par stopped him.\par God was very angry,\par but Moses blocked the way,\par so God did not destroy the people. {\cf2\super [558]} \par
Deuteronomy 9:25 - Easy To Read Version “So I bowed down before the Lord 40 days and 40 nights. Why? Because the Lord said he would destroy you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I fell down and lay prostrate before the Lord forty days and nights because the Lord had said He would destroy you. American Standard Version (1901) So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you. Common English Bible But I fell on my knees in the LORD’s presence forty days and forty nights, lying flat out, because the LORD planned on wiping you out. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I lay prostrate before the Lord forty days and nights, in which I humbly besought him, that he would not destroy you as he had threatened. |
God wanted to destroy those people.\par But Moses, the man he chose,\par stopped him.\par God was very angry,\par but Moses blocked the way,\par so God did not destroy the people. {\cf2\super [558]} \par
Moses stayed there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. Moses did not eat any food or drink any water. And he (the Lord)} wrote the words of the Agreement (the Ten Commandments) on the two flat stones.
I looked and I saw you had sinned against the Lord your God. I saw the calf you made from melted gold! You stopped obeying the Lord so quickly!
Then I bowed down before the Lord with my face to the ground for 40 days and 40 nights, like I did before. I did not eat any food or drink any water. I did this because you had sinned so badly. You did the thing that is evil to the Lord, and you made him angry.