Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 7:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses, A Rejected Savior
29
Then Moses fled at this word and became a sojourner in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 “After forty years had passed,
Phrases
Cross References
Acts 7:35
This Moses, whom they had refused, saying, Who made thee a prince and a judge? the same did God send as prince and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Exodus 3:1-2
Now as Moses shepherded the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, he led the flock to the backside of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his face saved them: with his love and with his clemency he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of the age.
Genesis 16:7-13
And the angel of the 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 angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time
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, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto 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. Then Moses covered 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 unto Pharaoh.
Exodus 19:1-2
In the third month from when the sons of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the LORD has taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him the people of his inheritance, as ye are this day.
Deuteronomy 33:16
and for the gifts of the earth and fullness thereof, and may the grace of him that dwelt in the bush come upon the head of Joseph and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
1 Kings 19:8
And he arose and ate and drank and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb, the mount of God.
Psalm 66:12
Thou hast placed a man over our head; we went through fire and through water, but thou didst bring us out into abundance.
Isaiah 43:2
When thou dost pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou dost walk through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Daniel 3:27
And the great ones, the governors and the captains and the king's counsellors gathered together to see these men upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
Hosea 12:3-5
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and with his strength he overcame the angel;
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, and the angel of the covenant, whom ye desire: behold, he comes, said the LORD of the hosts.
Mark 12:26
And regarding the dead who are to rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, I Am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?
Luke 20:37
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed this at the bush when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
Acts 7:17
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Acts 7:32
saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and dared not to behold.
Galatians 4:25
For this Hagar or Sinai is a mount in Arabia, which corresponds to the one that is now Jerusalem, which together with her children is in slavery.