The Tabernacle of the Testimony

Acts 7:46

In 9 translations

BSB: who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.SBL, WH, BYZ, and TR; see also LXX for Psalms 132:5; ECM, NA, and NE a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.
KJV: Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
WEB: who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
ASV: who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
LSV: who found favor before God, and requested to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob;
YLT: who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
DBY: who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;ElohimElohim
DRC: Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
GNV: Who found fauour before God, and desired that hee might finde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob.

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NA28, NA27 read οἴκῳ (“house”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read θεῷ (“God”).

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SBLGNT: θεῷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read θεῷ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οἴκῳ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ὃς εὗρεν χάριν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν σκήνωμα τῷ θεῷ Ἰακώβ.
RP2018: ὃς εὗρεν χάριν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν σκήνωμα τῷ θεῷ Ἰακώβ.
TR-Boyd: ὃς εὗρε χάριν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν σκήνωμα τῷ Θεῷ Ἰακώβ.
SCR1894: ος ευρεν χαριν ενωπιον του θεου και ητησατο ευρειν σκηνωμα τω θεω ιακωβ

Who and where

👤 God 👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Stephen addresses the council

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Stephen Persecution Defense Habitation Favour of God, The Doctrine Readings, Select Gnosticism Court Grace

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Cross-references most cited first

Psalms 132:1–5O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured, how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, I will not give sleep to my eyes…
Acts 13:22After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
2 Samuel 7:1–5After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a…
1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from…
1 Samuel 16:11–13And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”…
2 Samuel 7:18–19Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken…
1 Chronicles 17:1–4After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.” And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is…
2 Samuel 7:8–16Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have…
1 Chronicles 22:7–8“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house…
2 Samuel 6:21But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
1 Kings 8:17–19Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done…
Psalms 89:19–37You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. My hand…
Psalms 78:68–72But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever. He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending…
1 Samuel 15:28So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
Psalms 132:11The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
1 Chronicles 29:2–3Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the…

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