Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them. New Living Translation So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them. English Standard Version Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them. Berean Standard Bible So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them. King James Bible Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. New King James Version Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them. New American Standard Bible Therefore He said that He would destroy them, If Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. NASB 1995 Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. NASB 1977 Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from eradicating them. Amplified Bible Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. Christian Standard Bible So he said he would have destroyed them — if Moses his chosen one had not stood before him in the breach to turn his wrath away from destroying them. Holman Christian Standard Bible So He said He would have destroyed them— if Moses His chosen one had not stood before Him in the breach to turn His wrath away from destroying them. American Standard Version Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he said that he would destroy them if Moses, his chosen, had not stood in the gap before him, and turned back his wrath, lest he would destroy them. Brenton Septuagint Translation So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them. Contemporary English Version You were angry and started to destroy them, but Moses, your chosen leader, begged you not to do it. Douay-Rheims Bible And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. English Revised Version Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. GOD'S WORD® Translation God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them. Good News Translation When God said that he would destroy his people, his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God and kept his anger from destroying them. International Standard Version He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath. JPS Tanakh 1917 Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, To turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them. Literal Standard Version And He commands to destroy them, | Unless Moses, His chosen one, | Had stood in the breach before Him, | To turn back His wrath from destroying. Majority Standard Bible So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them. New American Bible He would have decreed their destruction, had not Moses, his chosen one, Withstood him in the breach to turn back his destroying anger. NET Bible He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger. New Revised Standard Version Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them. New Heart English Bible Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. World English Bible Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them. Young's Literal Translation And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good…22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. 23So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them. 24They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.… Cross References Exodus 32:10 Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation." Exodus 32:11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, "O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? Numbers 14:13 But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. Deuteronomy 9:14 Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are." Deuteronomy 9:25 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you. Psalm 85:3 You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger. Jeremiah 15:1 Then the LORD said to me: "Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go. Treasury of Scripture Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. he said Exodus 32:10,11,32 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation… Deuteronomy 9:13,14,19,25 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: … Deuteronomy 10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. his chosen Psalm 105:6,26 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen… Numbers 16:5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. Matthew 12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. stood Exodus 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. Jeremiah 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. Ezekiel 13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. Jump to Previous Breach Chosen Destroy Destroying Destruction End Moses Purposing Servant Special Stood Turn Turning Wouldn't WrathJump to Next Breach Chosen Destroy Destroying Destruction End Moses Purposing Servant Special Stood Turn Turning Wouldn't WrathPsalm 106 1. The psalmist exhorts to praise God4. He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers 7. The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy 47. He concludes with prayer and praise (23) Stood before him in the breach . . .--This is generally explained after Ezekiel 22:30, where undoubtedly it is an image taken from the defence of a besieged town. (Comp. Ezekiel 13:5.) But it is possible that we should render, "Had not Moses stood before him (i.e., submissively; see Genesis 41:46; Deuteronomy 1:38) in the breaking forth (of his anger)," since the verb from which the substantive here used comes is the one employed (Exodus 19:22), "lest the Lord break forth upon them." So the LXX. seem to have understood the passage, since they render here by the same word, which in Psalm 106:30 does duty for "plague." (Comp. Vulg., refractio.) . . . Verse 23. - Therefore he said that he would destroy them; literally, and he said. On the apostasy at Sinai, God expressed to Moses an intention to destroy the entire people of Israel, save only himself, and to "make of him a great nation" (Exodus 32:10; comp. Deuteronomy 9:14, 25). Had not Moses his chosen steed before him in the breach. Moses was "chosen" by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 3:10), and forced to accept the office (Exodus 4:1-17). When Israel angered God at Sinai, he "stood in the gap," like a brave soldier guarding his city when the enemy has breached the wall (Exodus 32:11-13, 31-34). To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. God was ready to have destroyed all Israel, and to have raised up a new Israel out of the descendants of Moses, had not Moses pleaded with extreme earnestness on the people's behalf (Exodus 32:32). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So He saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say He would destroy them— לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם (lə·haš·mî·ḏām) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed had not לוּלֵ֡י (lū·lê) Conjunction Strong's 3884: If not, unless Moses מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver His chosen one בְחִיר֗וֹ (ḇə·ḥî·rōw) Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 972: Select stood עָמַ֣ד (‘ā·maḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations before Him לְפָנָ֑יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face in the breach בַּפֶּ֣רֶץ (bap·pe·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6556: A bursting forth, breach to divert לְהָשִׁ֥יב (lə·hā·šîḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again His wrath חֲ֝מָת֗וֹ (ḥă·mā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison from destroying them. מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃ (mê·haš·ḥîṯ) Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin Links Psalm 106:23 NIVPsalm 106:23 NLT Psalm 106:23 ESV Psalm 106:23 NASB Psalm 106:23 KJV Psalm 106:23 BibleApps.com Psalm 106:23 Biblia Paralela Psalm 106:23 Chinese Bible Psalm 106:23 French Bible Psalm 106:23 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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