Acts 21:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, “The Lord’s will be done.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And when he would not yield to [our] persuading, we stopped [urging and imploring him], saying, The Lord's will be done!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Since we couldn’t talk him out of it, the only thing we could say was, “The Lord’s will be done.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And since we were not able to persuade him, we quieted, saying: "May the will of the Lord be done."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And when we could not persuade him, we ceased, saying: The will of the Lord be done.

Acts 21:14 Cross References

Genesis 43:14

may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

2 Kings 20:19

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”

Matthew 26:39

And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”

Matthew 26:42

Again he went away for the second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”

Matthew 6:10

May your kingdom come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Luke 11:2

So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be revered as holy. May your kingdom come.

Luke 22:42

“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done.” [[

Ruth 1:18

When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”