Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Who found grace before God, and asked to find a tent to the God of Jacob.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Holman Bible
He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God
International Standard Version
He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob,
A Conservative Version
who found favor in the sight of God. And he asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
American Standard Version
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Amplified
who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the
An Understandable Version
who found favor in God's sight and asked for permission to build a [special] house for the God of Jacob's [descendants] to live in.
Anderson New Testament
who found favor before God, and desired to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
Bible in Basic English
Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.
Common New Testament
who found favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and desired to have a settled tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Darby Translation
who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
Godbey New Testament
who found favor before God, and asked that he should build a tabernacle for the house of Jacob.
Goodspeed New Testament
He won the approval of God and begged to be allowed to provide a dwelling for the God of Jacob,
John Wesley New Testament
Who found favour with God, and petitioned to find an habitation for the God of Jacob.
King James 2000
Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Lexham Expanded Bible
who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Modern King James verseion
who found favor with God and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which found favour before God, and desired that he would faine have made a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Moffatt New Testament
He found favour with God and asked permission to devise a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
Montgomery New Testament
"David obtained favor with God, and asked permission to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
NET Bible
He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.
New Heart English Bible
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Noyes New Testament
who found favor before God, and asked that he might find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Sawyer New Testament
who found favor with God and desired to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
The Emphasized Bible
Who found favour before God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
who found favour before God, and sought to procure an habitation for the God of Jacob.
Twentieth Century New Testament
David found favor with God, and prayed that he might find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
Webster
Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Weymouth New Testament
David obtained favour with God, and asked leave to provide a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
Williams New Testament
He found favor with God and begged to design a dwelling for the God of Jacob,
World English Bible
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Worrell New Testament
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked that he might find 'A habitation for the God of Jacob.'
Worsley New Testament
and was desirous to provide an habitation for the God of Jacob.
Youngs Literal Translation
who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
Themes
Court » Accused spoke in his own defense
Select readings » Stephen's defense
Interlinear
Enopion
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 7:46
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Real Tabernacle
45 Which also our fathers having received brought in with Jesus in the possession of nations, which God drove out from our fathers' face, even to the days of David; 46 Who found grace before God, and asked to find a tent to the God of Jacob. 47 And Solomon built for himself a house.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 132:1-5
Song of ascensions. Remember, O Jehovah, for David with all his affliction.
Acts 13:22
And having removed him, he raised up to them David for king; to whom also having testified, he said, I found David of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who shall do all my desires.
1 Samuel 16:1
And Jehovah will say to Samuel, How long mournest thou for Saul, and I rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and go; I will send thee to Jesse of the House of Bread, for I saw among his sons a king to me.
2 Samuel 7:1-5
And it will be when the king sat in his house, and Jehovah gave rest to him from round about from all his enemies.
2 Samuel 7:8-16
And now thus shalt thou say to my servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah of armies, I took thee from quiet, from after the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2 Samuel 7:18-19
And king David will come and sit before Jehovah, and say, Who am I Lord Jehovah? and who my house that thou broughtest me even to these?
1 Chronicles 17:1-4
And it will be as David will sit in his house, and David will say to Nathan the prophet, Behold me dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah under curtains.
1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel will say to him, Jehovah rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and gave it to thy neighbor being good above thee.
1 Samuel 16:11-13
And Samuel will say to Jesse, Are these the whole of the boys? And he will say, The small was yet left, and behold, he fed among the sheep. And Samuel will say to Jesse, Send and take him, for we will not turn about till his coming here.
2 Samuel 6:21
And David will say to Michal, Before Jehovah who chose in me above thy father and above all his house, to appoint me leader over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: and I played before Jehovah.
1 Kings 8:17-19
And it will be with the heart of David my father to build a house for name of Jehovah the God of Israel
1 Chronicles 22:7-8
And David will say to Solomon his son, I, it was with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God.
1 Chronicles 28:2-5
And David the king will rise upon his feet and say, Hear me, my brethren and my people: I with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of the feet of our God; and I prepared for the building.
1 Chronicles 29:2-3
And with all my power I prepared for the house of my God, gold for gold, and silver for silver, and brass for brass, and iron for iron, woods for woods, and stones of onyx, and the fillings up, and stones of paint and of variegation, and every precious stone, and stones of white marble for multitude.
Psalm 78:68-72
And be will choose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved.
Psalm 89:19-37
Then thou spakest in a vision to thy godly one, and thou wilt say, I put help upon the mighty one; I exalted the chosen one from the people.
Psalm 132:11
Jehovah sware the truth to David; he will not turn back from it: from the fruit of thy belly I will set upon the throne to thee.