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Acts 4:25

David
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23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

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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.

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BSB
You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
KJV
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
WEB
who by the mouth of your servant David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
ASV
who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?
DARBY
who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?
BLB
having spoken by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why did the Gentiles rage and the peoples devise vain things?
ÅB
du som ved din tjener Davids munn sa: Hvorfor fnyste hedningene og grundet folkene på det som fåfengt er?
OTB
du talte ved Den Hellige Ånd gjennom din tjener, vår far David:
‘Hvorfor raser folkeslagene
og planlegger folkene forgjeves?
B1930
du som ved din tjener Davids munn sa: Hvorfor fnyste hedningene og grundet folkene på det som fåfengt er?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 2:1–6

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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  • Acts 1:16

    Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

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  • Acts 2:30

    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;

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