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The Believers’ Prayer

Acts 4:26

In 9 translations

BSB
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’Or His Christ or His Messiah; Psalms 2:1–2
KJV
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
WEB
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers plot together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One.
ASV
The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:
LSV
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the LORD and against His Christ;
YLT
the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ;
DBY
The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
DRC
The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes assembled together against the Lord and his Christ.
GNV
The Kings of the earth assembled, and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ·
TR-Boyd
Παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ·
SCR1894
παρεστησαν οι βασιλεις της γης και οι αρχοντες συνηχθησαν επι το αυτο κατα του κυριου και κατα του χριστου αυτου

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  • Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
  • Revelation 17:12–14The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast. These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the…
  • Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and…
  • Psalms 83:2–8See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads. With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of…
  • Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
  • Hebrews 1:9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
  • Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
  • Revelation 17:17For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
  • Joel 3:9–14Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’…
  • Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses…
  • Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
  • Revelation 19:16–21And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather…

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