11 translations · Greek
Acts 2:39
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
Acts 2:39 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- KJV King James Version
- For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for the promise is to you and to your children, and to all those far off, as many as the LORD our God will call.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- This promise is given to you, to your children, and to all who are far away—everyone the Lord our God calls.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who [are] afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God may call.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὑμῖν | hymin | to you | G4771 σύ you |
| γάρ | gar | — | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἐστιν | estin | belongs | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἡ | hē | [This] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐπαγγελία | epangelia | promise | G1860 ἐπαγγελία promise |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τοῖς | tois | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| τέκνοις | teknois | children | G5043 τέκνον child |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πᾶσιν | pasin | to all | G3956 πᾶς all |
| τοῖς | tois | who [are] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| εἰς | eis | — | G1519 εἰς toward |
| μακρὰν | makran | far off | G3112 μακράν far |
| ὅσους | hosous | to all whom | G3745 ὅσος just as/how much |
| ἂν | an | — | G302 ἄν if |
| προσκαλέσηται | proskalesētai | will call to Himself | G4341 προσκαλέω to call to/summon |
| Κύριος | Kyrios | [the] Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- 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:
- Romans 8:30
Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
- Genesis 17:7–8
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you. I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
- Joel 2:32
It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
- Acts 15:8
God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
- Ephesians 4:4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
- 1 Peter 5:10
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
- Revelation 19:9
He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”
- Isaiah 54:13
All your children will be taught by Yahweh; and your children’s peace will be great.
- Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
40 With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
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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