Deuteronomy 9:25
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.
Deuteronomy 9:25 in other translations
| BSB | So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you. |
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| WEB | So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would destroy you. |
| ASV | So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you. |
| YLT | ‘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; |
| DARBY | So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights, as I fell down; for Jehovah had said he would destroy you. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Deuteronomy 9:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:12-29
12-29. Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people ... have corrupted themselves--With a view to humble them effectually, Moses proceeds to particularize some of the most atrocious instances of their infidelity. He begins with the impiety of the golden calf--an impiety which, while their miraculous emancipation from Egypt, the most stupendous displays of the Divine Majesty that were exhibited on the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:7-29
That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath…
Deuteronomy 9:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 9:25
- Deuteronomy 9:18
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.
- Deuteronomy 9:16
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 9:24
Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.
- Deuteronomy 9:25
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.
- Deuteronomy 9:26
I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Deuteronomy 9:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Postréme, pues, delante de Jehová cuarenta días y cuarenta noches que estuve postrado; porque Jehová dijo que os había de destruir. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je me prosternai devant l’ Éternel, les 40 jours et les 40 nuits pendant lesquels je me prosternai devant lui; car l’ Éternel avait dit qu’il vous détruirait. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich warf mich vor Jehova nieder, die vierzig Tage und die vierzig Nächte, die ich mich niederwarf; denn Jehova hatte gesagt, daß er euch vertilgen wolle; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et jacui coram Domino quadraginta diebus ac noctibus, quibus eum suppliciter deprecabar, ne deleret vos ut fuerat comminatus: |