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Deuteronomy 9:25

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Moses’ Plea on Behalf of the Lord’s Reputation

9:25I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights,34 for he35 had said he would destroy you.

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Footnotes

  1. 34 The Hebrew text includes “when I prostrated myself.” Since this is redundant, it has been left untranslated.
  2. 35 Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I fell down in the presence of the Lord forty days and forty nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“That is why I threw myself down before the Lord for forty days and nights—for the Lord said he would destroy you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And I lay prostrate before Yahweh through forty days, and through forty nights I prostrated myself, because Yahweh intended to kill you.

KJV 1900King 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.