Acts 7:6
“And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 7:6 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
God’s words were these — ‘Abraham’s descendants will live in a foreign country, where they will be enslaved and ill-treated for four hundred years.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Gott aber sprach also: "Sein Same wird ein Fremdling sein in fremdem Lande, und man wird ihn knechten und mißhandeln vierhundert Jahre.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y hablóle Dios así: Que su simiente sería extranjera en tierra ajena, y que los reducirían á servidumbre y maltratarían, por cuatrocientos años.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E Deus falou assim: Tua semente será peregrina em terra alheia, e a escravizarão, e a maltratarão por quatrocentos anos.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Deus falou com ele dessa maneira: Porque seus descendentes viveriam por um tempo numa terra estrangeira, onde seriam escravizados e maltratados por quatrocentos anos.
📖 Acts 7:6 in Context
4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
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