Acts 7:40 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.”
Acts 7:40 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 7:40 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 7:40 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’”
Acts 7:40 — World English Bible
Acts 7:40 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. ”
Acts 7:40 — American Standard Version
Acts 7:40 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“saying to Aaron, Make to us gods who shall go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we have not known what hath happened to him.”
Acts 7:40 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 7:40 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“saying to Aaron, Make usgods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him. ”
Acts 7:40 — Darby Translation
Acts 7:40 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Saying vnto Aaron, Make vs gods that may goe before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.”
Acts 7:40 — Geneva Bible
Acts 7:40 in Context — Acts 7
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
What Does Acts 7:40 Mean?
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