Acts 7:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Acts 7:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Acts 7:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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Acts 7:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.”

Acts 7:6 — World English Bible

Acts 7:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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.”

Acts 7:6 — American Standard Version

Acts 7:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,”

Acts 7:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Acts 7:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years;”

Acts 7:6 — Darby Translation

Acts 7:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But God spake thus, that his seede should be a soiourner in a strange land: and that they should keepe it in bondage, and entreate it euill foure hundreth yeeres.”

Acts 7:6 — Geneva Bible

Acts 7:6 in Context — Acts 7

4 Entonces salió de la tierra de los Caldeos, y habitó en Chârán: y de allí, muerto su padre, le traspasó á esta tierra, en la cual vosotros habitáis ahora;

5 Y no le dió herencia en ella, ni aun para asentar un pie: mas le prometió que se la daría en posesión, y á su simiente después de él, no teniendo hijo.

6 Y hablóle Dios así: Que su simiente sería extranjera en tierra ajena, y que los reducirían á servidumbre y maltratarían, por cuatrocientos años.

7 Mas yo juzgaré, dijo Dios, la nación á la cual serán siervos: y después de esto saldrán y me servirán en este lugar.

8 Y dióle el pacto de la circuncisión: y así [Abraham] engendró á Isaac, y le circuncidó al octavo día; é Isaac á Jacob, y Jacob á los doce patriarcas.

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