“我因耶和华说要灭绝你们，就在耶和华面前照旧俯伏四十昼夜。

“我因耶和华说要除灭你们，就在耶和华面前俯伏四十昼夜，像我以前俯伏一样。

“我因耶和华说要除灭你们，就在耶和华面前俯伏四十昼夜，像我以前俯伏一样。

“因为耶和华说要毁灭你们，我就俯伏在耶和华面前四十昼夜，

“因为耶和华说要消灭你们，我就俯伏在耶和华面前，共俯伏了四十昼夜。

「我因耶和華說要滅絕你們，就在耶和華面前照舊俯伏四十晝夜。

「我因耶和華說要除滅你們，就在耶和華面前俯伏四十晝夜，像我以前俯伏一樣。

「我因耶和華說要除滅你們，就在耶和華面前俯伏四十晝夜，像我以前俯伏一樣。

「因為耶和華說要毀滅你們，我就俯伏在耶和華面前四十晝夜，

“因為耶和華說要消滅你們，我就俯伏在耶和華面前，共俯伏了四十晝夜。

『因永恆主說要消滅你們，我就俯伏在永恆主面前，俯伏到那四十晝四十夜。

我因耶和華言、必殲滅爾、伏於耶和華前、四十晝夜、

我聞耶和華欲殲滅爾眾、仍伏其前、歷四旬晝夜、

主言欲殲滅爾、我又如昔伏於主前、歷四十晝夜、

I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

I lay down in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground for 40 days and 40 nights. I did it because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

“ So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

“ That is why I threw myself down before the Lord for forty days and nights— for the Lord said he would destroy you.

“ I fell down in the presence of the LORD forty days and forty nights because the LORD had threatened to destroy you.

“ So I fell down before the Lord for the forty days and nights, which I did because the Lord said He would destroy you.

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

So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.

“ I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.

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.

I lay flat on the ground before the LORD for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you.

So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.

Then once again I fell prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger. (niv)

When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you. (niv)