11 translations · Greek
Acts 2:17
‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- ‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
- KJV King James Version
- And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And it will be in the last days, says God, || I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh, || And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, || And your young men will see visions, || And your old men will dream dreams;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- God says, ‘In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it shall be in the last days, saith God, [that] I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- ‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | Kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ἔσται | estai | — | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἐν | en | In | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ταῖς | tais | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐσχάταις | eschatais | last | G2078 ἔσχατος last/least |
| ἡμέραις | hēmerais | days | G2250 ἡμέρα day |
| λέγει | legei | says | G3004 λέγω to say |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεός | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἐκχεῶ | ekcheō | I will pour out | G1632 ἐκχέω to pour out |
| ἀπὸ | apo | — | G575 ἀπό away from |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πνεύματός | Pneumatos | Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| πᾶσαν | pasan | all | G3956 πᾶς all |
| σάρκα | sarka | people | G4561 σάρξ flesh |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| προφητεύσουσιν | prophēteusousin | will prophesy | G4395 προφητεύω to prophesy |
| οἱ | hoi | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| υἱοὶ | huioi | sons | G5207 υἱός son |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | Your | G4771 σύ you |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| αἱ | hai | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θυγατέρες | thygateres | daughters | G2364 θυγάτηρ daughter |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | — | G4771 σύ you |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| οἱ | hoi | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| νεανίσκοι | neaniskoi | young men | G3495 νεανίσκος young man |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| ὁράσεις | horaseis | visions | G3706 ὅρασις appearance/vision |
| ὄψονται | opsontai | will see | G3708 ὁράω to see: see |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| οἱ | hoi | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πρεσβύτεροι | presbyteroi | old men | G4245 πρεσβύτερος elder: Elder |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| ἐνυπνίοις | enypniois | dreams | G1798 ἐνύπνιον dream |
| ἐνυπνιασθήσονται | enypniasthēsontai | will dream | G1797 ἐνυπνιάζω to dream |
Related verses
- Joel 2:28–32
“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit. I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. …
- Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Titus 3:4–6
But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
- Acts 10:45
They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.
- John 7:39
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
- Zechariah 12:10
I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
- Ezekiel 11:19
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
- Hebrews 1:2
has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
- Hosea 3:5
Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
- 1 Corinthians 12:28
God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
18 Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
Read all of Acts 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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