KJV King James 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 destroy you.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
WEB World English Bible
So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.
ASV American Standard Version
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 Young’s Literal Translation
‘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;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 9
22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
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.
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.
27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
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וָֽאֶתְנַפַּ֞לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]אַרְבָּעִ֥יםH705 · ar.ba.imfortyהַיּ֛וֹםH3117 · yomdayוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַרְבָּעִ֥יםH705 · ar.ba.imfortyהַלַּ֖יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichהִתְנַפָּ֑לְתִּיH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאָמַ֥רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְהַשְׁמִ֥ידH8045 · sha.madto destroyאֶתְכֶֽם׃H853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 9:18And 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 9:16And 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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