Acts 7:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁸ until a new king, who had not known Joseph, began to rule.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Until [the time when] there arose over Egypt another and a different king who did not know Joseph [neither knowing his history and services nor recognizing his merits]. [Exod. 1:7, 8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ But then “another king rose to power over Egypt who didn’t know anything about Joseph.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ even until another king, who did not know Joseph, rose up in Egypt.

Acts 7:18 Cross References

Acts 7:19

This king exploited the Hebrews and mistreated our forefathers, even requiring that they abandon their [small] babies, leaving them to die [See Exodus 1:22].