Acts 7:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.”
Acts 7:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 7:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 7:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.”
Acts 7:6 — World English Bible
Acts 7:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years. ”
Acts 7:6 — American Standard Version
Acts 7:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,”
Acts 7:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 7:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“AndGod spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years; ”
Acts 7:6 — Darby Translation
Acts 7:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But God spake thus, that his seede should be a soiourner in a strange land: and that they should keepe it in bondage, and entreate it euill foure hundreth yeeres.”
Acts 7:6 — Geneva Bible
Acts 7:6 in Context — Acts 7
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7 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.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
What Does Acts 7:6 Mean?
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