Deuteronomy 9:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then I fell down before the LORD as I had done before, for forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking him to anger.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I fell down{H5307} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} as at the first,{H7223} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights;{H3915} I did neither eat{H398} bread{H3899} nor drink{H8354} water;{H4325} because of all your sin{H2403} which ye sinned,{H2398} in doing{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I fell down{H5307}{(H8691)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, as at the first{H7223}, forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights{H3915}: I did neither eat{H398}{(H8804)} bread{H3899}, nor drink{H8354}{(H8804)} water{H4325}, because of all your sins{H2403} which ye sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, in doing{H6213}{(H8800)} wickedly{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, to provoke him to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And I fell before the Lorde: euen as at the first tyme.xl. dayes ad.xl nightes and nether ate bred nor dranke water ouer all youre synnes whiche ye had synned in doynge wekedly in the syght of the Lorde ad in prouokinge him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & I fell before the LORDE (euen as at the first tyme) fortye dayes & fortye nightes, & nether ate bred, ner drake water, because of all youre synnes which ye had synned, whan ye dyd soch euell in the sighte of the LORDE, to prouoke him vnto wrath.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And I fell downe before the Lorde, fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, as before: I neither ate bread nor dranke water, because of al your sinnes, which ye had committed, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lorde, in that ye prouoked him vnto wrath.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I fell downe flat before the Lord euen as at the first time, & fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes I did neither eate bread nor drinke water, because of all your sinnes which ye sinned, in doyng wyckedly in the sight of the Lorde in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrath.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and I throw myself before Jehovah, as at first, forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk, because of all your sins which ye have sinned, by doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then I again fell down before the LORD for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the LORD as to enrage him.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 34:28 : 28 Moses was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 So He said He would destroy them had not Moses, His chosen one, stood in the breach before Him to turn His wrath away from destroying them.
  • Exod 32:10-14 : 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation." 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?" 12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent concerning this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.' 14 So the LORD relented concerning the disaster He had said He would bring on His people.
  • Deut 10:10 : 10 I stayed on the mountain, as I had done the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the LORD listened to me at that time as well and was not willing to destroy you.
  • 2 Sam 12:16 : 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying on the ground in sackcloth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 9:24-26
    3 verses
    89%

    24 You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day I first knew you.

    25 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, just as I had done before, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

    26 I prayed to the LORD and said, 'O Lord GOD, do not destroy your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

  • Deut 9:8-12
    5 verses
    86%

    8 Even at Horeb, you provoked the LORD to anger, and the LORD was angry enough with you to destroy you.

    9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.

    10 Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the words the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

    11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

    12 Then the LORD said to me, 'Go down immediately, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside from the way I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.'

  • Exod 34:28
    81%

    28 Moses was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

  • Deut 9:19-22
    4 verses
    80%

    19 I was afraid of the fierce anger and wrath the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also.

    20 The LORD was very angry with Aaron, and he was ready to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time as well.

    21 Then I took the sinful thing you had made—the calf—and burned it in the fire. I crushed it, grinding it into fine dust, and threw the dust into the stream that flows down from the mountain.

    22 You continued to provoke the LORD to anger at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

  • Deut 9:15-17
    3 verses
    77%

    15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it was ablaze with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.

    16 I saw that you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had made a molten calf for yourselves. You had quickly turned aside from the way the LORD had commanded you.

    17 So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them down, shattering them before your eyes.

  • Deut 10:10
    76%

    10 I stayed on the mountain, as I had done the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the LORD listened to me at that time as well and was not willing to destroy you.

  • 1 Kgs 19:8
    72%

    8 So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Dan 10:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 During those days, I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

    3 I did not eat any rich or desirable food, nor did meat or wine touch my lips. I did not anoint myself at all until the three weeks were over.

  • Dan 9:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking Him in prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

    4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: 'O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

  • Neh 1:4
    70%

    4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned, fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.

  • Deut 29:6
    70%

    6 When you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them.

  • Exod 24:18
    70%

    18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

  • Deut 18:16
    70%

    16 This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, or we will die.'

  • Neh 9:1
    69%

    1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and putting dust on their heads.

  • 1 Kgs 13:9
    69%

    9 'For this is the command the LORD gave me by His word: You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'

  • Deut 26:14
    69%

    14 I have not eaten any of it while in mourning, I have not removed any of it while unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.

  • Num 11:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19 You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten, or twenty days,

    20 but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’

  • 1 Kgs 18:42
    68%

    42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink, but Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel, crouched down to the ground, and put his face between his knees.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    68%

    17 'For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: You must not eat bread or drink water there, nor return by the way you went.'

  • Neh 1:7
    68%

    7 We have acted very corruptly against you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees, and laws you gave your servant Moses.

  • Ezra 9:5
    68%

    5 At the time of the evening sacrifice, I arose from my self-abasement, with my garment and robe torn, and I knelt with my hands spread out to the Lord my God.

  • Deut 10:3-5
    3 verses
    68%

    3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and I cut two stone tablets like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain carrying the two tablets in my hands.

    4 The LORD wrote on the tablets, just as He had done the first time, the Ten Commandments that He had proclaimed to you from the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. Then the LORD gave them to me.

    5 I turned and came down from the mountain, and I placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me, and they are there to this day.

  • Ezra 10:6
    68%

    6 Ezra then withdrew from the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

  • 1 Kgs 13:22
    68%

    22 'but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to eat or drink, your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.'

  • Deut 8:4
    67%

    4 Your clothing did not wear out, nor did your feet swell during these forty years.

  • 2 Kgs 22:19
    67%

    19 Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and its inhabitants—that they would become a desolation and a curse—and because you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.

  • Deut 8:2
    67%

    2 Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.

  • Exod 32:19
    67%

    19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.

  • Deut 10:1
    67%

    1 At that time, the LORD said to me, 'Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself a wooden ark.'

  • Deut 11:17
    67%

    17 Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no produce. Then you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.