Acts 7:6

YLT98

‘And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

Sentiment:
Neutral(0.461507322)

YLT98 - Youngs Literal Translation 1898

‘And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

Sentiment:
Neutral(0.461507322)

Others Bible versions

And this is, in effect, what God spoke [to him]: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

AMP - Amplified Bible

And this is [in effect] what God told him: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a land belonging to other people, who would bring them into bondage and ill-treat them 400 years.

AMPC - Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

ASV - American Standard Version

God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.

CSB - Christian Standard Bible

And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat them four hundred years;

DARBY - Darbys Translation 1890

And God spoke to this effect—that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.

ESV - English Standard Version 2016

God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign country, and that they would be enslaved there, and would be mistreated for four hundred years.

FBV - Free Bible Version

God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them 400 years.

HCSB - Holman Christian Standard Bible

And God spoke thus, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into slavery and mistreat them four hundred years.

JUB - Jubilee Bible

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

KJV - King James Version

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

KJVAAE - King James Version with Apocrypha, American Edition

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

KJVAE - King James Version, American Edition

But God spoke like this: ‘His descendants will be foreigners in a foreign land, and they will enslave them and mistreat them four hundred years,

LEB - Lexham English Bible

God spoke in this way, ‘Your descendants shall be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who will enslave them and mistreat them four hundred years.

MEV - Modern English Version

But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

NASB1995 - New American Standard Bible - 1995

But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

NASB2020 - New American Standard Bible

But God spoke as follows: ‘Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

NET - New English Translation

God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated.

NIV - New International Version

God spoke to him in this way: “For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and ill-treated.

NIVUK - New International Version (Anglicised)

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil, four hundred years.

RV1885 - Revised Version 1885

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil, four hundred years.

RV1895 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1885, 1895

Context - YLT98

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him — he having no child.

Sentiment: Strongly Negative(0.112946734)

Acts 7:6

‘And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

Sentiment: Neutral(0.461507322)

and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

Sentiment: Weakly Positive(0.705800514)

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