Parallel Verses
NET Bible
You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it."
New American Standard Bible
you who received the law as
King James Version
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Holman Bible
You received the law under the direction of angels
International Standard Version
You received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet you haven't obeyed it!"
A Conservative Version
who received the law at directions of heavenly agents, and did not keep it.
American Standard Version
ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
Amplified
you who received the law as ordained and delivered to you by angels, and yet you did not obey it!”
An Understandable Version
You received the law that was ordained through [the medium of] angels [See Gal. 3:19] and yet have not obeyed its requirements."
Anderson New Testament
who received the law by the appointment of angels, and have not kepi, it.
Bible in Basic English
You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
Common New Testament
you who received the law as delivered by angels, and yet did not keep it."
Daniel Mace New Testament
you, I say, who received the law by the administration of angels, but have not however observ'd it.
Darby Translation
who have received the law as ordained by the ministry of angels, and have not kept it.
Godbey New Testament
who received the law in the administrations of angels, and did not keep it.
John Wesley New Testament
and have not kept it.
Julia Smith Translation
Who have received the law by the regulations of messengers, and ye watched not.
King James 2000
Who have received the law as delivered by angels, and have not kept it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[you] who received the law by directions of angels and have not observed [it]!"
Modern King James verseion
who received the Law through disposition of angels, and did not keep it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And ye also have received a law by the ordinance of angels, and have not kept it."
New Heart English Bible
You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
Noyes New Testament
ye who received the Law as ordained through angels, and did not keep it.
Sawyer New Testament
who have received the law by orders of angels and have not kept it.
The Emphasized Bible
Who, indeed, received the law through ranks of messengers, - and guarded it not.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
who have received the law through arrangements of angels, yet have not observed it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You who received the Law as transmitted by angels and yet failed to keep it."
Webster
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Weymouth New Testament
you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it."
Williams New Testament
you who received the law by order of the angels, and yet you did not obey it!"
World English Bible
You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"
Worrell New Testament
who, indeed, received the law as the ministrations of angels, and did not keep it."
Worsley New Testament
who received the law by the ministration of angels, and yet have not kept it.
Youngs Literal Translation
who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep it.'
Themes
Angel (a spirit) » Functions of » Law given by
Angels » The law given by the ministration of
Court » Accused spoke in his own defense
Law » Received by the disposition of angels
The law of God » Given » Through the ministration of angels
the Law of moses » Given » By disposition of angels
Topics
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References
Word Count of 34 Translations in Acts 7:53
Verse Info
Context Readings
Resisting The Holy Spirit
52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become! 53 You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it." 54 When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
Cross References
Galatians 3:19
Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary.
Hebrews 2:2
For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
Deuteronomy 33:2
He said:The Lord came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.
John 7:19
Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?"
Acts 7:38
This is the man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you.
Exodus 19:1-20
In the third month after the Israelites went out from the land of Egypt, on the very day, they came to the Desert of Sinai.
Psalm 68:17
God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.
Ezekiel 20:18-21
"'But I said to their children in the wilderness, "Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Romans 2:23-25
You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!
Galatians 6:13
For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.