Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And forty years having been fulfilled, an agent of Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire of a bush.
New American Standard Bible
“After forty years had passed,
King James Version
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Holman Bible
After 40 years had passed, an angel
International Standard Version
"After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
American Standard Version
And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Amplified
“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount
An Understandable Version
"Then after [another] forty years passed, an angel appeared to him [one day] out of a flaming bush in the wilderness near Mt. Sinai.
Anderson New Testament
And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Bible in Basic English
At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.
Common New Testament
"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
Daniel Mace New Testament
when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flaming bush.
Darby Translation
And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
Godbey New Testament
And forty years having passed away, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of fire of the bramble bush.
Goodspeed New Testament
When forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
John Wesley New Testament
And forty years being expired, the angel of the Lord appeared to him, in the wilderness, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Julia Smith Translation
And forty years completed, a messenger of the Lord was seen to him in the desert of mount Sina, in a flame of fire in a bramble.
King James 2000
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And [when] forty years had been completed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush.
Modern King James verseion
And forty years being fulfilled to him, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire in a bush.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Moffatt New Testament
At the close of forty years an angel [of the Lord] appeared to him in the flames of a burning thorn-bush, in the desert of mount Sinai.
Montgomery New Testament
"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him, in the desert of Mt. Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush.
NET Bible
"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
New Heart English Bible
"When forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Noyes New Testament
And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai an angel in the flaming fire of a bush.
Sawyer New Testament
And forty years being completed there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when forty years were fulfilled, there appeared unto him, in the desert of Mount Sinai, a messenger, in a flame of fire, in a bush.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the desert of mount Sinai the angel of the Lord, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Forty years had passed when there appeared to him, in the Desert of Mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.
Webster
And when forty years had expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Weymouth New Testament
"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him in the Desert of Mount Sinai an angel in the middle of a flame of fire in a bush.
Williams New Testament
When forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
World English Bible
"When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Worrell New Testament
And, forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.
Worsley New Testament
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Youngs Literal Translation
and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,
Themes
Angels » Called » Angel of the lord
Court » Accused spoke in his own defense
Fire » As a symbol of the divine presence and power
God » Fire, a consuming » As a symbol of the divine presence and power
Select readings » Stephen's defense
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon
Interlinear
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Usage: 2128
References
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Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 7:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses, A Rejected Savior
29 And Moses fled at this word, and became an alien in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons. 30 And forty years having been fulfilled, an agent of Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire of a bush. 31 And when Moses looked, he wondered at the sight. And as he approached to examine, a voice of Lord came to him,
Phrases
Cross References
Acts 7:35
This Moses whom they refused, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge? This man God sent, a ruler and a liberator by the hand of the heavenly agent who appeared to him in the bush.
Exodus 3:1-2
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the [heavenly] agent of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. And he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
Genesis 16:7-13
And the agent of LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis 22:15-18
And the agent of LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
Genesis 32:24-30
And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
Genesis 48:15-16
And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
Exodus 3:6
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
Exodus 7:7
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Exodus 19:1-2
In the third month after the sons of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
Deuteronomy 4:20
But LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
Deuteronomy 33:16
and for the precious things of the earth and the fullness of it, and the good will of him who dwelt in the bush. Let [it] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
1 Kings 19:8
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
Psalm 66:12
Thou caused men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water. But thou brought us out into a wealthy place.
Isaiah 43:2
When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Daniel 3:27
And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed. Neither were their coats chan
Hosea 12:3-5
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had strength with God.
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. And LORD, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says LORD of hosts.
Mark 12:26
But about the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him at the bush, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
Luke 20:37
But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the Bush when he calls Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Acts 7:17
But as the time of the promise approached that God swore to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Acts 7:32
I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. But Moses, who developed trembling, dared not examine.
Galatians 4:25
For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and it corresponds to the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children.