Acts 2:35
33 Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
36 Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
- KJV
- Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
- WEB
- until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
- ASV
- Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
- DARBY
- until I have put thine enemies [to be] the footstool of thy feet.
- BLB
- until I place Your enemies [as] a footstool for Your feet.”’
- ÅB
- til jeg får lagt dine fiender til skammel for dine føtter!
- OTB
- inntil jeg legger dine fiender
under dine føtter.”’ - B1930
- til jeg får lagt dine fiender til skammel for dine føtter!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Read in contextRevelation 19:19–20:3
Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.
Read in contextIsaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:18
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Read in contextRevelation 20:8–15
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
Read in contextPsalms 18:40–42
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
Read in contextPsalms 72:9
May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:4–6
For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
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