Acts 2:28
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit 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
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Read in contextPsalms 25:4
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
Read in contextPsalms 21:6
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Read in contextPsalms 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Read in contextPsalms 17:15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Read in contextProverbs 8:20
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Read in contextProverbs 2:19
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Read in contextJohn 11:25–26
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
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