Acts 7:42
“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?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 7:42 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
So God turned from them and left them to the worship of the Starry Host, as is written in the book of the prophets — ‘Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me, house of Israel, All those forty years in the desert?
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Gott aber wandte sich ab und gab sie dahin, dem Heere des Himmels zu dienen, wie geschrieben steht im Buche der Propheten: "Habt ihr etwa mir vierzig Jahre in der Wüste Opfertiere und Schlachtopfer dargebracht, Haus Israel?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y Dios se apartó, y los entregó que sirviesen al ejército del cielo; como está escrito en el libro de los profetas: ¿Me ofrecisteis víctimas y sacrificios en el desierto por cuarenta años, casa de Israel?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E Deus se virou contra eles ,e os entregou, para que servissem ao exército do céu, assim como está escrito no livro dos profetas: Por acaso, casa de Israel, vós oferecestes a mim animais mortos, e sacrifícios no deserto por quarenta anos?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Mas Deus se afastou e os abandonou ao culto das hostes do céu, como está escrito no livro dos profetas: "Porventura me oferecestes vítimas e sacrifícios por quarenta anos no deserto, ó casa de Israel?
📖 Acts 7:42 in Context
40Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42Then 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?
43Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
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