39"But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.


In Context

36 He led them out of Egypt and did wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the desert.

37 "This is that Moses who told the Israelites, 'God will send you a prophet like me from your own people.'

38 He was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us.

39 "But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

40 They told Aaron, 'Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt--we don't know what has happened to him!'

41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and held a celebration in honor of what their hands had made.

Acts 7:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:39Whom our fathers would not obey; but thrust him away, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:39to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:39to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:39to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:39Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:39to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:39to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,