Acts 7:42 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 7:42 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἔστρεψεν
stréphō
G4762
to turn
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
θεὸς
theós
G2316
God
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
παρέδωκεν
paradídōmi
G3860
to deliver
αὐτοὺς
autós
G846
he
λατρεύειν
latreúō
G3000
to serve
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
στρατιᾷ
stratiá
G4756
army
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανοῦ
ouranós
G3772
heaven
καθὼς
kathṓs
G2531
according as
γέγραπται
gráphō
G1125
to write
ἐν
en
G1722
in
βίβλῳ
bíblos
G976
scroll
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
προφητῶν
prophḗtēs
G4396
prophet
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
σφάγια
sphágion
G4968
victim
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
θυσίας
thysía
G2378
sacrifice
προσηνέγκατέ
prosphérō
G4374
to bring to
μοι
egṓ
G1473
I
ἔτη
étos
G2094
year
τεσσεράκοντα
tessarákonta
G5062
forty
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
ἐρήμῳ
érēmos
G2048
desolate
οἶκος
oîkos
G3624
house
Ἰσραήλ
Israḗl
G2474
Israel
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World English Bible Public Domain
But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But God turned away and abandoned them to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘You did not offer slain beasts and offerings to me for 40 years in the wilderness, did you, O house of Israel?
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