Translations
Modern
So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And I prostrated myself before the face of YHWH forty days and forty nights, when I kept prostrating myself because YHWH had said He would destroy you.
Latin
Et jacui coram Domino quadraginta diebus ac noctibus, quibus eum suppliciter deprecabar, ne deleret vos ut fuerat comminatus:
Original
Hebrew
English
So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of
Topics
Forty: Days by Moses Humility: General Scriptures Concerning Intercession of Man with God Intercession: Answered: After the Israelites had Made the Golden Calf Israel: Obduracy of Moses: Character of Magnified of God Moses: Character of Unaspiring Prayer: Importunity In Prayer: Pleas offered In