Acts 7:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁹ [And yet] our forefathers refused to obey him, but rejected [his leadership] and turned back to Egypt in their hearts.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ to whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ [And yet] our forefathers determined not to be subject to him [refusing to listen to or obey him]; but thrusting him aside they rejected him, and in their hearts yearned for and turned back to Egypt. [Num. 14:3, 4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

Common English Bible

³⁹ He’s also the one whom our ancestors refused to obey. Instead, they pushed him aside and, in their thoughts and desires, returned to Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ It is he whom our fathers were not willing to obey. Instead, they rejected him, and in their hearts they turned away toward Egypt,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ Whom our fathers would not obey; but thrust him away, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,

Acts 7:39 Cross References

Acts 7:27

But the one who was trying to harm his neighbor pushed Moses away saying, ‘Who gave you the right to act as a ruler and judge over us?

1 Corinthians 14:32

And the prophets’ spirits are [to be] under the prophets’ control [i.e., a prophet was to determine if or when he exercised his gift],