Acts 7:31
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
Acts 7:31 in other translations
| BSB | When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him: |
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| WEB | When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him, |
| ASV | And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord, |
| YLT | and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him, |
| DARBY | And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of the Lord, |
| BBE | And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying, |
| Webster | When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him, |
What does Acts 7:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 7:30-34
30-34. an angel of the Lord--rather, "the Angel of the Covenant," who immediately calls Himself Jehovah (Compare Ac 7:38).
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 7:30-41
Men deceive themselves, if they think God cannot do what he sees to be good any where; he can bring his people into a wilderness, and there speak comfortably to them. He appeared to Moses in a flame of fire, yet the bush was not consumed; which represented the state of Israel in Egypt, where, though they were in the fire of affliction, yet they were not consumed. It may also be looked upon as a type of Christ's…
Acts 7:31 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 7:31
- Exodus 3:3-4
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
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Context
- Acts 7:30
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
- Acts 7:31
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
- Acts 7:32
Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Acts 7:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Moisés mirando, se maravilló de la visión: y llegándose para considerar, fué hecha á él voz del Señor: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse, voyant cela, fut étonné de la vision; et comme il approchait pour regarder, une voix du ✶Seigneur se fit entendre: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als aber Moses es sah, verwunderte er sich über das Gesicht; während er aber hinzutrat, es zu betrachten, geschah eine Stimme des Herrn: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Moyses autem videns, admiratus est visum. Et accedente illo ut consideraret, facta est ad eum vox Domini, dicens: |