The Believers’ Prayer
Acts 4:25
In 9 translations
- BSB
- You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?Or child; also in verses 27 and 30
- KJV
- Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
- WEB
- who by the mouth of your servant David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
- ASV
- who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?
- LSV
- who, through the mouth of Your servant David, said, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?
- YLT
- who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?
- DBY
- who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?
- DRC
- Who, by the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, hast said: Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people meditate vain things?
- GNV
- Which by the mouth of thy seruant Dauid hast saide, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people imagine vaine things?
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν (“of the father of us”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include πνεύματος ἁγίου (“[the] Spirit Holy”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Spelling of Δαυὶδ: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: Δαυεὶδ; Textus Receptus: Δαβὶδ.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include τοῦ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: πνεύματος ἁγίου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πνεύματος ἁγίου; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου στόματος Δαυὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών· Ἱνατί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά;
- RP2018
- ὁ διὰ στόματος Δαυὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών, Ἵνα τί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη, καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά;
- TR-Boyd
- ὁ διὰ στόματος Δαβὶδ τοῦ παιδός σου εἰπών, Ἵνα τί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη, καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά;
- SCR1894
- ο δια στοματος δαβιδ του παιδος σου ειπων ινα τι εφρυαξαν εθνη και λαοι εμελετησαν κενα
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 2:1–6Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away…
- Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- Acts 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).