Deuteronomy 9:19

17 Then I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and ^abroke them before your eyes.

18 And I ^afell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

19 ^aFor I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the Lord was angry with you, to destroy you. ^bBut the Lord listened to me at that time also.

20 And the Lord was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

21 Then I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it and ground it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I ^athrew its dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 9:19

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American Standard Version
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also.

Amplified® Bible
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure which the Lord held against you, enough to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
For I was afraid of the anger and fury wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. And Jehovah listened unto me also at that time.

Good News Bible
I was afraid of the LORD's fierce anger, because he was furious enough to destroy you; but once again the LORD listened to me.

King James Version
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.

New American Standard Bible
"For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wrathful against you in order to destroy you, but the LORD listened to me that time also.

New International Version
I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me.

New King James Version
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry with you, to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For I feared the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD exercised wrath against you in order to destroy you, but the LORD listened to me that time also.

Revised Standard Version
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure which the LORD bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened to me that time also.

Young's Literal Translation
`For I have been afraid because of the anger and the fury with which Jehovah hath been wroth against you, to destroy you; and Jehovah doth hearken unto me also at this time.

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