Deuteronomy 9:20
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New International Version (©2011)
And the LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The LORD was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him, too. But I prayed for Aaron, and the LORD spared him.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the LORD was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time also.

International Standard Version (©2012)
It was as had been the case with Aaron, the LORD was very angry and about to destroy him, but I prayed for Aaron at that time.

NET Bible (©2006)
The LORD was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him too.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The LORD also became very angry with Aaron and wanted to destroy him. But at that time I prayed for Aaron, too.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

American King James Version
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he was exceeding angry against Aaron also, and would have destroyed him, and I prayed in like manner for him.

Darby Bible Translation
And with Aaron Jehovah was very angry to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

English Revised Version
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

World English Bible
Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Young's Literal Translation
'And with Aaron hath Jehovah shewed himself very angry, to destroy him, and I pray also for Aaron at that time;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:7-29 That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness. It is good for us often to remember against ourselves, with sorrow and shame, our former sins; that we may see how much we are indebted to free grace, and may humbly own that we never merited any thing but wrath and the curse at God's hand. For so strong is our propensity to pride, that it will creep in under one pretence or another. We are ready to fancy that our righteousness has got for us the special favour of the Lord, though in reality our wickedness is more plain than our weakness. But when the secret history of every man's life shall be brought forth at the day of judgment, all the world will be proved guilty before God. At present, One pleads for us before the mercy-seat, who not only fasted, but died upon the cross for our sins; through whom we may approach, though self-condemned sinners, and beseech for undeserved mercy and for eternal life, as the gift of God in Him. Let us refer all the victory, all the glory, and all the praise, to Him who alone bringeth salvation.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord was very angry with Aaron, to have destroyed him,.... For complying with the request of the people in making a calf for them, and for that miserable shift he made to excuse himself; which so provoked the Lord, that he threatened to destroy him, and he was in danger of being cut off, had it not been for the intercession of Moses:

and I prayed for Aaron also the same time: who either was included in the general prayer for the people, Exodus 32:31 or a particular prayer was made for him, though not recorded, and which also succeeded.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

20. The Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him—By allowing himself to be overborne by the tide of popular clamor, Aaron became a partaker in the guilt of idolatry and would have suffered the penalty of his sinful compliance, had not the earnest intercession of Moses on his behalf prevailed.

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The Golden Calf
…19For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also. 20And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 21And I took your sin, the calf which you 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. …

Deuteronomy 9:19 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.
Deuteronomy 9:21 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.