Acts 7:41
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
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
- At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
- KJV
- And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
- WEB
- They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
- ASV
- And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
- DARBY
- And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
- BLB
- And in those days they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, and they were rejoicing in the works of their hands.
- ÅB
- Og de gjorde en kalv i hine dager og bar fram offer til avgudsbildet, og de gledet seg over sine henders verk.
- OTB
- På den tiden laget de en avgud i form av en kalv. De brakte ofre til den og gledet seg over det deres egne hender hadde laget.
- B1930
- Og de gjorde en kalv i hine dager og bar frem offer til avgudsbilledet, og de gledet sig over sine henders verk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 106:19–21
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:18
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Read in contextRevelation 9:20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Read in contextHosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:18–20
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Read in contextHosea 9:1
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
Read in contextExodus 32:17–20
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:8–9
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
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