Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
For about forty years He tenderly cared for them in the wilderness.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
Holman Bible
And for about 40 years He put up with them
International Standard Version
After he had put up with them for 40 years in the wilderness,
A Conservative Version
And for about a forty-year time he was patient with them in the wilderness.
American Standard Version
And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.
Amplified
For a period of about forty years He put up with their behavior in the wilderness.
Anderson New Testament
And for about forty years, he cherished them in the wilderness.
Bible in Basic English
And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.
Common New Testament
For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for forty years he maintain'd them in the wilderness.
Darby Translation
and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.
Godbey New Testament
and when he supported them about the time of forty years in the wilderness,
Goodspeed New Testament
Then after he had taken care of them for forty years in the desert,
John Wesley New Testament
And he suffered their manners in the wilderness, about the space of forty years.
Julia Smith Translation
And about forty years time he bare them in the desert.
King James 2000
And about the time of forty years he endured their manners in the wilderness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And for a period of time [of] about forty years, he put up with them in the wilderness.
Modern King James verseion
And about the time of forty years He tenderly bore them in the wilderness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And about the time of forty years, suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
Moffatt New Testament
For about forty years he bore with them in the desert,
Montgomery New Testament
"For about forty years he bore with them in the desert,
NET Bible
For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
New Heart English Bible
For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
Noyes New Testament
and for about forty years he nourished them in the wilderness.
Sawyer New Testament
And when he had borne with their conduct forty years in the wilderness,
The Emphasized Bible
And, for the time of about forty years, bare with their manners in the desert;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And about the space of forty years he bore with their behaviour in the wilderness.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For about forty years 'he bore with them in the Desert';
Webster
And about the time of forty years he suffered their manners in the wilderness.
Weymouth New Testament
For a period of about forty years, He fed them, like a nurse, in the Desert.
Williams New Testament
Then after He had fed them forty years in the desert,
World English Bible
For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
Worrell New Testament
And for about the time of forty years He bore them as a nursing father in the wilderness.
Worsley New Testament
And about forty years He bare with their behaviour in the wilderness.
Youngs Literal Translation
and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,
Themes
Antioch » A city » A city of pisidia. Persecutes paul
Christian ministers » Success attending » Paul
Law » Expounded by » In synagogues
Paul » Visits antioch (in pisidia), and preaches in the synagogue
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 13:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Preaching In The Synagogue At Pisidian Antioch
17 The God of Israel chose our forefathers [to be His people] and made them a great people when they lived in Egypt, and with His mighty power He led them out of it. 18 For about forty years He tenderly cared for them in the wilderness. 19 And then He destroyed seven nations in the country of Canaan and gave the Israelites the land as an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years.
Cross References
Acts 7:36
This man led them out [of Egypt], performing wonders and [miraculous] signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
Acts 7:39-43
[And yet] our forefathers refused to obey him, but rejected [his leadership] and turned back to Egypt in their hearts.
1 Corinthians 10:1-10
For I want you to be [fully] aware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and all of them passed [safely] through the [Red] Sea. [Note: This refers to God guiding the Israelites through the desert during the daytime by a cloud moving along above them . See Ex. 13:21-22].
Hebrews 3:7-10
So, even as the Holy Spirit said [Psa. 95:7-11], "Today, if you hear His [i.e., God's] voice,
Hebrews 3:16-19
For who were they who heard [God] and provoked [Him]? Was it not everyone who was led out of Egypt by Moses?