Acts 2:28
26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
27 because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
29 Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
- KJV
- Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
- WEB
- You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
- ASV
- Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.
- DARBY
- Thou hast made known to me [the] paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.
- BLB
- You made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
- ÅB
- du kunngjorde meg livets veier, du skal fylle meg med glede for ditt åsyn.
- OTB
- Du har vist meg livets veier;
du vil fylle meg med glede i ditt nærvær.’ - B1930
- du kunngjorde mig livets veier, du skal fylle mig med glede for ditt åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Read in contextPsalms 25:4
Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
Read in contextPsalms 21:6
For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
Read in contextPsalms 42:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
Read in contextPsalms 17:15
As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
Read in contextProverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
Read in contextProverbs 2:19
None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
Read in contextJohn 11:25–26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
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