Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet you haven't obeyed it!"
New American Standard Bible
you who received the law as
King James Version
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Holman Bible
You received the law under the direction of angels
A Conservative Version
who received the law at directions of heavenly agents, and did not keep it.
American Standard Version
ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
Amplified
you who received the law as ordained and delivered to you by angels, and yet you did not obey it!”
An Understandable Version
You received the law that was ordained through [the medium of] angels [See Gal. 3:19] and yet have not obeyed its requirements."
Anderson New Testament
who received the law by the appointment of angels, and have not kepi, it.
Bible in Basic English
You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
Common New Testament
you who received the law as delivered by angels, and yet did not keep it."
Daniel Mace New Testament
you, I say, who received the law by the administration of angels, but have not however observ'd it.
Darby Translation
who have received the law as ordained by the ministry of angels, and have not kept it.
Godbey New Testament
who received the law in the administrations of angels, and did not keep it.
John Wesley New Testament
and have not kept it.
Julia Smith Translation
Who have received the law by the regulations of messengers, and ye watched not.
King James 2000
Who have received the law as delivered by angels, and have not kept it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[you] who received the law by directions of angels and have not observed [it]!"
Modern King James verseion
who received the Law through disposition of angels, and did not keep it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And ye also have received a law by the ordinance of angels, and have not kept it."
NET Bible
You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it."
New Heart English Bible
You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
Noyes New Testament
ye who received the Law as ordained through angels, and did not keep it.
Sawyer New Testament
who have received the law by orders of angels and have not kept it.
The Emphasized Bible
Who, indeed, received the law through ranks of messengers, - and guarded it not.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
who have received the law through arrangements of angels, yet have not observed it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You who received the Law as transmitted by angels and yet failed to keep it."
Webster
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Weymouth New Testament
you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it."
Williams New Testament
you who received the law by order of the angels, and yet you did not obey it!"
World English Bible
You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"
Worrell New Testament
who, indeed, received the law as the ministrations of angels, and did not keep it."
Worsley New Testament
who received the law by the ministration of angels, and yet have not kept it.
Youngs Literal Translation
who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep it.'
Themes
Angel (a spirit) » Functions of » Law given by
Angels » The law given by the ministration of
Court » Accused spoke in his own defense
Law » Received by the disposition of angels
The law of God » Given » Through the ministration of angels
the Law of moses » Given » By disposition of angels
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References
Word Count of 34 Translations in Acts 7:53
Verse Info
Context Readings
Resisting The Holy Spirit
52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers. 53 You received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet you haven't obeyed it!" 54 While they were listening to these things, they became more and more furious and began to grind their teeth at him.
Cross References
Galatians 3:19
Why, then, was the Law added? Because of transgressions, until the descendant came about whom the promise pertained. It was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.
Hebrews 2:2
because if the message spoken by angels was reliable, and every violation and act of disobedience received its just punishment,
Deuteronomy 33:2
He said: "The LORD came from Sinai. Rising from Seir upon us, he shone forth from Mount Paran, accompanied by a myriad of his holy ones, with flaming fire from his right hand for them.
John 7:19
Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? Yet none of you is keeping the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"
Acts 7:38
This Moses is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and to our ancestors. He received living truths to give to us,
Exodus 19:1-20
On the third New Moon after the Israelis went out of the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came to the desert of Sinai.
Psalm 68:17
God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.
Ezekiel 20:18-21
I told their children in the wilderness, "You are not to follow the statutes of your ancestors, observe their ordinances, or be defiled by their idols.
Romans 2:23-25
As you boast about the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?
Galatians 6:13
Why, not even those who are circumcised obey the Law! They simply want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your external appearance.