Acts 13:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁸ For about forty years He tenderly cared for them in the wilderness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And for about forty years like a fatherly nurse He cared for them in the wilderness and endured their behavior. [Deut. 1:31.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ For about forty years, God put up with them in the wilderness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And throughout a time of forty years, he endured their behavior in the desert.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert.

Acts 13:18 Cross References

Acts 7:36

This man led them out [of Egypt], performing wonders and [miraculous] signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.