Acts 4:29

Amplified Bible

"And now, Lord, observe their threats [take them into account] and grant that Your bond-servants may declare Your message [of salvation] with great confidence,

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And nowe, O Lorde, beholde their threatnings, and graunt vnto thy seruants with all boldnesse to speake thy word,

Christian Standard Bible®
And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness,

Hebrew Names Version
Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

Darby Translation
And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

Easy-to-Read Version
And now, Lord, listen to what they are saying. They are trying to make us afraid. We are your servants. Help us to say what you want us to say without fear.

American Standard Version
And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

Berean Standard Bible
And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

Contemporary English Version
Lord, listen to their threats! We are your servants. So make us brave enough to speak your message.

Complete Jewish Bible
"So now, Lord, take note of their threats; and enable your slaves to speak your message with boldness!

International Standard Version
Lord, pay attention to their threats now, and allow your servants to speak your word with all boldnessActs 4:13,31; 9:27; 13:46; 14:3; 19:8; 26:26; 28:31; Ephesians 6:19;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And now also, Lord, behold and see their threatenings, and give unto thy servants with boldness to preach thy word,

Murdock Translation
And also now, Lord, behold and see their menaces: and grant to thy servants, that they may proclaim thy word boldly,

King James Version (1611)
And now Lord, behold their threatnings, and graunt vnto thy seruants, that with all boldnesse they may speake thy word,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nowe Lorde, beholde their threatnynges, & graunt vnto thy seruauntes, that with all boldensse they may speake thy worde.

English Revised Version
And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

King James Version
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

Lexham English Bible
And now, Lord, concern yourself with their threats and grant your slaves to speak your message with all boldness,

Literal Translation
And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings and give to Your slaves to speak Your Word with all boldness,

New Century Version
And now, Lord, listen to their threats. Lord, help us, your servants, to speak your word without fear.

New English Translation
And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,

New King James Version
Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,

New Living Translation
And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word.

New Life Bible
And now, Lord, listen to their sharp words. Make it easy for your servants to preach Your Word with power.

New Revised Standard
And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As to the present things, then, O Lord, - look upon their threats, and grant unto thy servants, with all freedom of utterance, to be speaking thy word,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants that with all confidence they may speak thy word,

George Lamsa Translation
And even now, O LORD, look and see their threatenings; and grant to your servants that they may freely preach your word,

Good News Translation
And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness.

Webster's Bible Translation
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings, and give thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

Weymouth's New Testament
And now, Lord, listen to their threats, and enable Thy servants to proclaim Thy Message with fearless courage,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now, Lord, biholde in to the thretnyngis of hem, and graunte to thi seruauntis to speke thi word with al trist,

Young's Literal Translation
`And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word,

World English Bible
Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

Revised Standard Version
And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And now Lorde beholde their threatenynges and graunte vnto thy servauntes with all confidence to speake thy worde.

Update Bible Version
And now, Lord, look at their threatenings: and grant to your slaves to speak your word with all boldness,

Bible in Basic English
And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

New American Standard Bible
"And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant it to Your bond-servants to speak Your word with all confidence,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And now LORDE, beholde their threatenynges, and graunte vnto thy seruauntes with all stedfast boldnesse to speake thy worde:

Mace New Testament (1729)
and now, Lord, behold their threatnings: and enable thy servants to deliver thy word with freedom,

THE MESSAGE
"And now they're at it again! Take care of their threats and give your servants fearless confidence in preaching your Message, as you stretch out your hand to us in healings and miracles and wonders done in the name of your holy servant Jesus."

Simplified Cowboy Version
And now, Boss, give us courage in the face of these threats. Give us boldness to preach your word.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence,

Legacy Standard Bible
And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your slaves may speak Your word with all confidence,

Contextual Overview

²³After Peter and John were released, they returned to their own [people] and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them. ²⁴And when they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, "O Sovereign Lord [having complete power and authority], it is You who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM, ²⁵who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said, 'WHY DID THE NATIONS (Gentiles) BECOME ARROGANT and RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS [against the Lord]? ²⁶'THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND [to attack], AND THE RULERS WERE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED (the Christ, the Messiah).' ²⁷"For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined [before the creation of the world] to occur [and so without knowing it, they served Your own purpose]. ²⁹"And now, Lord, observe their threats [take them into account] and grant that Your bond-servants may declare Your message [of salvation] with great confidence,³⁰while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders (attesting miracles) take place through the name [and the authority and power] of Your holy Servant and Son Jesus." ³¹And when they had prayed, the place where they were meeting together was shaken [a sign of God's presence]; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness and courage.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

behold: Acts 4:17, Acts 4:18, Acts 4:21, Isaiah 37:17-20, Isaiah 63:15, Lamentations 3:50, Lamentations 5:1, Daniel 9:18

that: Acts 4:13, Acts 4:31, Acts 9:27, Acts 13:46, Acts 14:3, Acts 19:8, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:27, Acts 26:26, Acts 28:31, Isaiah 58:1, Ezekiel 2:6, Micah 3:8, Ephesians 6:18-20, Philippians 1:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:2, 2 Timothy 1:7, 2 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 4:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:1 - and told Ecclesiastes 8:1 - and the Isaiah 11:9 - not hurt Isaiah 40:9 - be not Jeremiah 1:8 - not afraid Jeremiah 15:20 - I will Daniel 6:10 - as he Luke 9:54 - fire John 18:6 - they went Acts 5:42 - they Acts 6:8 - did 1 Corinthians 12:9 - the gifts 1 Corinthians 14:13 - pray 2 Corinthians 3:12 - plainness Ephesians 6:19 - that I Colossians 4:4 - I may 1 Peter 2:23 - threatened

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings,.... Meaning not with his eye of omniscience, which he could not but do; but that he would so take notice of them, as in his providence to rebuke them for them, or restrain them, or make them fearless of them:

and grant unto thy servants; the apostles, and all the ministers of the word, who are the servants of the most high God, and who serve him in the Gospel of his Son, with great cheerfulness and faithfulness:

that with all boldness they may speak thy word; and not their own, or another's; the Gospel, which is God's speech, or a word, a message of grace and mercy from him to sinful creatures. The request of the whole church is, that the ministers of the word might not be intimidated by the menaces of the sanhedrim; but go on to declare it with all freedom of expression, with all boldness, courage, and intrepidity of mind, and all openness and faithfulness, and in the most public manner. And such a petition shows, that as it is gift of God to speak his word, or preach his Gospel, so it also is, to speak it freely, boldly, and faithfully, as it should be spoken.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold their threatenings - So look upon them as to grant us deliverance. They did not purpose to abandon their undertaking; they resolved to persevere; and they expected that this purpose would involve them in danger. With this purpose they implored the protection of God; they asked that he would not suffer them to be deterred from speaking boldly; and they sought that constant additional proof might be granted of the presence and power of God to confirm the truth of their message.

And grant ... - This is an instance of heroic boldness, and a determination to persevere in doing their duty to God. When we are assailed by those in power; when we are persecuted and in danger, we should commit our way unto God, and seek his aid, that we may not be deterred from the path of duty.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. And now, Lord, behold their threatenings — It is not against us, but against thee, that they conspire: it is not to prevent the success of our preaching, but to bring to nought thy counsel: the whole of their enmity is against thee. Now, Lord, look upon it; consider this.

And grant unto thy servants — While we are endeavouring to fulfil thy counsels, and can do nothing without thee, sustain our courage, that we may proclaim thy truth with boldness and irresistible power.