18For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.


In Context

15 After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, |Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.|

16 Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, |Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

17 The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

18 For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

19 When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.

20 After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

Acts 13:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:18he endured their conduct for about forty years in the desert,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:18and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And for about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:18And about the time of forty years he suffered their manners in the wilderness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:18and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.