Acts 7:42

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness?

BSB

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

WEB

But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

YLT

and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

F.O.G Original

(42) But The אֱלֹהִים Elohim turned away and handed them over to worship the host-army of the sky, as it’s written in the scroll of the prophets, “IT WASN’T TO ME YOU OFFERED VICTIMS AND SACRIFICES, 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

⁴²But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and starsᵈ. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

Footnotes:

⁴²ᵈ Worship of the sun, moon and stars: Refers to pagan astrology and celestial worship that Israel adopted from surrounding nations