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.

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What Does Acts 7:6 Mean?

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