Acts 7:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.”
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“But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,”
King James Version · Public Domain“to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 7:39 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- Exodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
- Exodus 17:3But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- Numbers 11:5We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
- Numbers 14:3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
- Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
- Judges 11:2And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
- 1 Kings 2:27So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
- Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
- Psalms 106:16In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
- Psalms 106:32At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
- Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
- Acts 7:27But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).