Deuteronomy 9:21

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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.

22 “Also at ^aTaberah and ^bMassah and ^cKibroth Hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.

23 Likewise, ^awhen the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, ‘Go up and possess the land which I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ^byou did not believe Him nor obey His voice.

24 ^aYou have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.

25 ^a“Thus I¹ prostrated myself before the Lord; forty days and forty nights I kept prostrating myself, because the Lord had said He would destroy you.

26 Therefore I prayed to the Lord, and said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people and ^aYour inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 9:21

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American Standard Version
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

Amplified® Bible
And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I cast the dust of it into the brook that came down out of the mountain.

Contemporary English Version
It was a sin for you to make that idol, so I threw it into the fire to melt it down. Then I took the lump of gold, ground it into powder, and threw the powder into the stream flowing down the mountain.

Darby English Version
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, until it became fine dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that flowed down from the mountain.

Good News Bible
I took that sinful thing that you had made---that metal bull-calf---and threw it into the fire. Then I broke it in pieces, ground it to dust, and threw the dust into the stream that flowed down the mountain.

King James Version
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

New American Standard Bible
"I took your sinful {thing,} the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.

New International Version
Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.

New King James Version
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 threw its dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" I took your sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small until it became as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.

Revised Standard Version
Then I took the sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mountain.

Young's Literal Translation
and your sin, which ye have made -- the calf -- I have taken, and I burn it with fire, and beat it, grinding well till that it `is' small as dust, and I cast its dust unto the brook which is going down out of the mount.

New English Translation
As for your sinful thing¹ that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down,² ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.

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