Acts 7:46 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴⁶ who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁶ who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁶ Who found grace (favor and spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and prayed that he might be allowed to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. [II Sam. 7:8-16; Ps. 132:1-5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁶ who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ God approved of David, who asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁶ who found grace before God and who asked that he might obtain a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁶ Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Acts 7:46 Cross References

2 Samuel 6:21

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

Psalm 132:11

The LORD hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

Acts 13:22

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

1 Samuel 13:14

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

1 Samuel 16:1

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.