Deuteronomy 9:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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 stroy you.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    So 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.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So I fell down{H5307} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} the forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights{H3915} that I fell down,{H5307} because Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} he would destroy{H8045} you.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thus I fell down{H5307}{(H8691)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights{H3915}, as I fell down{H5307}{(H8694)} at the first; because the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8804)} he would destroy{H8045}{(H8687)} you.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And I fell before the Lorde.xl. dayes and xl. nightes whiche I laye there, for the Lorde was minded to haue destroyed you.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The fell I before ye LORDE fortye daies and fortye nightes, which I laye there. For ye LORDE sayde, he wolde destroye you.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then I fell downe before ye Lorde fourtie dayes & fourtie nightes, as I fell downe before, because ye Lord had said, that he woulde destroy you.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I fell downe flat before the Lorde fourtie dayes & fourtie nightes, as I fell downe before: for the Lorde sayde, he woulde destroy you.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And I throw myself before Jehovah, the forty days and the forty nights, as I had thrown myself, for Jehovah hath said -- to 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Moses’ Plea on Behalf of God’s Reputation I lay flat on the ground before the LORD for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 9:18 : 18 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.
  • Deut 9:16 : 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.

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    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.'

    13 The LORD also said to me, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

    14 Let me alone, so I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they are.'

    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.

    18 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.

    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.

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

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