Acts 7:7

Mace New Testament

and the nation to whom they shall be in bondage, will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place."

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
God said, 'But I'll pay back that country for all the abuse they'll give your family. When all is said and done, they will leave that country and come back here to worship me.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
" 'AND WHATEVER NATION TO WHICH THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE I MYSELF WILL JUDGE,' said God, 'AND AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE ME IN THIS PLACE.'

Legacy Standard Bible
‘And I Myself will judge the nation to which they will be enslaved,' said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me in this place.'

Bible in Basic English
And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

Darby Translation
and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

New King James Version
'And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,' Genesis 15:14">[fn] said God, 'and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.' Exodus 3:12">[fn]

Christian Standard Bible®
I will judge the nation that they will serve as slaves, God said. After this, they will come out and worship Me in this place.

World English Bible
'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage, will I judge, saith God. And after that, they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.

Weymouth's New Testament
"`And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them, I will judge,' said God; `and afterwards they shall come out, and they shall worship Me in this place.'

King James Version (1611)
And the nation to whom they shal bee in bondage, will I iudge, saide God: And after that shall they come forth, and serue me in this place.

Literal Translation
And God said, I will judge the nation to which you will be in bondage." And, After these things they will come out and will serve Me in this place. Gen. 15:14; Ex. 3:12

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ye people whom they shal serue, wil I iudge, sayde God. And after that shal they go forth, and serue me in this place.

Amplified Bible
"'AND I WILL JUDGE ANY NATION TO WHOM THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE,' said God, 'AND AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE ME [in worship] IN THIS PLACE.'

American Standard Version
And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

Revised Standard Version
'But I will judge the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But the nacion to whom they shalbe in bondage will I iudge sayde God. And after that shall they come forthe and serve me in this place.

Update Bible Version
And I will judge the nation to which they will serve as slaves, God said: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New Century Version
But I will punish the nation where they are slaves. Then your descendants will leave that land and will worship me in this place.'

New English Translation
But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves ,' said God, ‘ and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

Berean Standard Bible
'But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,' God said, 'and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.'

Contemporary English Version
But he also said, "I will punish the nation that makes them slaves. Then later they will come and worship me in this place."

Complete Jewish Bible
But I will judge the nation that enslaves them,' God said, ‘and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.'

English Standard Version
‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,' said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
But the nation to whome they shall be in bondage, will I iudge, sayth God: and after that, they shall come forth and serue me in this place.

George Lamsa Translation
But the people to whom they will be enslaved I will condemn, said God, and after that, they shall go out and serve me in this land.

Hebrew Names Version
'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'

International Standard Version
'But I will punish the nation they serve,' said God, 'and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.'Genesis 15:13-14; Exodus 3:12">[fn]Exodus 3:12;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the nation whom they will serve (in) bondage will I judge, saith Aloha: and afterward they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

Murdock Translation
And the nation, to whom they perform bondservice, I will judge saith God. And afterwards, they will go out, and will worship me in this land.

New Living Translation
‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,' God said, ‘and in the end they will come out and worship me here in this place.'

New Life Bible
I will say to that nation that it is guilty for holding them and making them work without pay. After that they will go free. They will leave that country and worship Me in this place.'

English Revised Version
And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

New Revised Standard
‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,' said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the nation unto which they shall be in bondage, will, I, judge - said God; and, after these things, shall they come forth, and render divine service unto me, in this place.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the nation which they shall serve will I judge (said the Lord): and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this place.

King James Version
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

Lexham English Bible
and the nation that they will serve as slaves, I will judge,' God said, ‘and after these things they will come out and will worship me in this place.'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the nation to whom they shalbe in bondage, wyll I iudge, sayde God: And after that, shall they come foorth, & serue me in this place.

Easy-to-Read Version
But I will punish the nation that made them slaves.' And God also said, ‘After those things happen, your people will come out of that country. Then they will worship me here in this place.'

New American Standard Bible
"'AND WHATEVER NATION TO WHICH THEY ARE ENSLAVED I MYSELF WILL JUDGE,' said God, 'AND AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE ME IN THIS PLACE.'

Good News Translation
But I will pass judgment on the people that they will serve, and afterward your descendants will come out of that country and will worship me in this place.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y schal iuge the folk, to which thei schulen serue, seith the Lord. And after these thingis thei schulen go out, and thei schulen serue to me in this place.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then said the high priest, are these things so? ² Stephen answer'd, my brethren, and you my fathers, lend your attention. The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, ³ and said to him, quit your country, and your kindred, to go to the land which I shall shew thee. ⁴ thereupon he went out of Chaldea, and dwelt in Charran: from thence, after his father's death, he removed him to this very country where you now dwell. ⁵ he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of land: yet he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, tho' he had then no child. ⁶ God declar'd likewise, "that his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, where they should be enslaved and abused four hundred years. ⁷ and the nation to whom they shall be in bondage, will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place." ⁸ at length he gave him the covenant of circumcision: accordingly Abraham circumcised his son Isaac eight days after he was born, Isaac was father of Jacob, who was father of the twelve patriarchs. ⁹ the patriarchs being jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt: but God was with him, ¹⁰ he delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him wisdom to become acceptable to Pharaoh king of Egypt; who made him governor of Egypt, and all his houshold.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the nation: Genesis 15:14-16, Exodus 7:1 - Exodus 14:31, Nehemiah 9:9-11, Psalms 74:12-14, Psalms 78:43-51, Psalms 105:27-36, Psalms 135:8, Psalms 135:9, Psalms 136:10-15, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 51:10

and serve: Exodus 3:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:13 - thy Ezekiel 16:4 - for

Cross-References

Matthew 24:38
for as at the time that usher'd in the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying themselves and their children, till the day that Noe entred into the ark,

Luke 17:27
eating and drinking, marriages and matches was the business till the very day that Noah entred into the ark, when the flood came and overwhelm'd them all.

Hebrews 6:18
that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to deceive us, we, who have no other refuge to fly to, but to maintain our present hopes,

Hebrews 11:7
'Twas by faith that Noah being divinely warned of unforeseen events, with a religious concern built an ark to the preservation of his family; whereby the world became inexcusable, and he obtained the reward of that righteousness which is by faith.

1 Peter 3:20
those antient rebels in the time of Noah, when the divine forbearance waited, till the ark was quite finish'd, in which only eight persons were saved by means of the water.

2 Peter 2:5
since he did not spare the old world, having preserved only eight persons, including Noah, that preacher of virtue, when he brought the deluge upon the impious world:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage,.... At the end of the four hundred years, and which was the Egyptian nation:

I will judge, said God; that is, condemn and punish them, as he did, by inflicting the ten plagues upon them:

and after that they shall come forth; out of the land of Egypt, and their hard bondage there; and which was brought about by the judgments executed upon the Egyptians:

and serve me in this place; in the land of Canaan; though these words are not to be found in Genesis 15:13 what comes nearest them is in Exodus 3:12. "Ye shall serve God upon this mountain"; meaning Mount Horeb, where Moses then was, and from whence the law was afterwards given.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the nation ... - Referring particularly to the Egyptians.

Will I judge - The word “judge,” in the Bible, often means to “execute judgment” as well as to pronounce it; that is, “to punish.” See John 18:31; John 3:17; John 8:50; John 12:47; Act 24:6; 1 Corinthians 5:13, etc. It has this meaning here. God regarded their oppressive acts as deserving His indignation, and He evinced it in the plagues with which He visited upon them, and in their overthrow at the Red Sea.

Shall serve me - Shall worship me, or be regarded as my people.

In this place - That is, in the place where God made this promise to Abraham. These words are not found in Genesis, but similar words are found in Exodus 3:12, and it was a practice, in making quotations, to quote the sense only, or to connect two or more promises having relation to the same thing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 7:7. Will I judge — κρινωεγω, I will punish, for in this sense the Greek word is frequently taken. "When," says Bp. Pearce, "a malefactor is brought before a judge, the judge does three things:

1. he tries or judges him;

2. he then gives his judgment or sentence; and,

3. he puts the law in execution, and punishes him.

Hence κρινω, at different times, signifies each of these things; and the sense of the word is to be determined by the context. Here it signifies to punish, as κριμα is used for punishment, in Romans 13:2; 1 Corinthians 11:29, compared with 1 Corinthians 11:30-31." The Egyptians, to whom the Israelites were in bondage, were punished by the ten plagues, described Exodus 7:19-30