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.
Deuteronomy 9:25 - English Standard Version 2016 “So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you. Matoleo zaidiKing 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. |
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.
So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made yourselves a golden calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you.
Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger.