Acts 13:35

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“So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’”

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BSBPD

“So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Because he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“wherefore also in another <FI>place<Fi> he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 13:35 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  2. Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
  3. Psalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
  4. Luke 2:26The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
  5. John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  6. John 8:51Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
  7. Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  8. Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
  9. Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

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