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Psalm 106:23

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23*When God said that he would destroy his people,

his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God

and prevented his anger from destroying them.

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Cross references

  1. *106.19–23: Ex 32:1–14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So he said he would destroy them—

had not Moses, his chosen one,

stood in the breach before him

to keep his wrath from destroying them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So he said he would have destroyed them—

if Moses his chosen one

had not stood before him in the breach

to turn his wrath away from destroying them.

NLTNew Living Translation

So he declared he would destroy them.

But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the Lord and the people.

He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So he said he would exterminate them,

had not Moses, his chosen one,

stood in the breach before him,

to reverse his wrath from destroying them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore he said that he would destroy them,

Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,

To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.