Acts 7:7 Parallel Translations

God also told him, 'I will punish the people whom they will serve. After that, they will leave that country and worship me here.'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

ASV:

And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

BBE:

And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

DBY:

and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

ERV:

And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

WEY:

"'And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them, I will judge,' said God; 'and afterwards they shall come out, and they shall worship Me in this place.'

WBS:

And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.

WEB:

'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God,'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'

YLT:

and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

Acts 7:7 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 3:12 And He said, "Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

7:7 They shall serve me - Not the Egyptians.

MHC:

7:1-16 Stephen was charged as a blasphemer of God, and an apostate from the church; therefore he shows that he is a son of Abraham, and values himself on it. The slow steps by which the promise made to Abraham advanced toward performance, plainly show that it had a spiritual meaning, and that the land intended was the heavenly. God owned Joseph in his troubles, and was with him by the power of his Spirit, both on his own mind by giving him comfort, and on those he was concerned with, by giving him favour in their eyes. Stephen reminds the Jews of their mean beginning as a check to priding themselves in the glories of that nation. Likewise of the wickedness of the patriarchs of their tribes, in envying their brother Joseph; and the same spirit was still working in them toward Christ and his ministers. The faith of the patriarchs, in desiring to be buried in the land of Canaan, plainly showed they had regard to the heavenly country. It is well to recur to the first rise of usages, or sentiments, which have been perverted. Would we know the nature and effects of justifying faith, we should study the character of the father of the faithful. His calling shows the power and freeness of Divine grace, and the nature of conversion. Here also we see that outward forms and distinctions are as nothing, compared with separation from the world, and devotedness to God.

CONC:

Afterward Afterwards Bondage Enslaves Forth Judge Myself Nation Servants Serve Service Slaves Whatever Whichever Worship

Afterward Afterwards And Bondage Country Enslaves Forth Judge Nation Punish Servants Serve Service Slaves Whatever Whichever Worship

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