Acts 21:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “The will of the Lord 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, that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

2 Kings 20:19

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which 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 fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

Matthew 26:42

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

Matthew 6:10

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.

Luke 11:2

And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

Luke 22:42

“Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”

Ruth 1:18

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

1 Samuel 3:18

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