41That 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.


In Context

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.

42 But God turned away and gave them over to the worship of the heavenly bodies. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: " 'Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?

43 You have lifted up the shrine of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile' beyond Babylon.

Acts 7:41 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:41And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:41And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:41They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:41'And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.