Acts 13:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he also gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μεταστήσας αὐτόν, ἤγειρεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Δαυίδ εἰς βασιλέα· ᾧ καὶ εἶπεν, μαρτυρήσας, Εὗρον Δαυίδ τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, ἄνδρα κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν μου, ὃς ποιήσει πάντα τὰ θελήματά μου.

Transliteration

And metastēsas him, ēgeiren to-them the David for basilea; to-whom also eipen, martyrēsas, Heuron David the [son] of the Iessai, andra according-to the kardian of-me, who poiēsei all the thelēmata of-me.

Grammar Details

• *metastēsas*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having removed/deposed
• *ēgeiren*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - he raised up
• *David*: accusative, masculine, singular - proper name
• *basilea*: accusative, masculine, singular - king
• *eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - he said
• *martyrēsas*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having testified
• *Heuron*: aorist, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I found
• *Iessai*: genitive, masculine, singular - proper name
• *andra*: accusative, masculine, singular - man
• *kardian*: accusative, feminine, singular - heart
• *poiēsei*: future, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - he will do
• *thelēmata*: accusative, neuter, plural - desires/wishes

Word Meanings

• *metastēsas*: having removed/set aside/deposed/taken away
• *ēgeiren*: raised up/established/appointed
• *martyrēsas*: having testified/witnessed/attested
• *Heuron*: I found/discovered
• *andra*: man/male person
• *kardian*: heart/mind/will/inner being
• *thelēmata*: wishes/desires/will/purposes

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  After removing him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He testified, 'I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} when he had removed{G3179} him,{G846} he raised up{G1453} {G846} David{G1138} to be{G1519} their king;{G935} to whom{G3739} also{G2532} he bare witness{G3140} and said,{G2036} I have found{G2147} David{G1138} the{G3588} son of Jesse,{G2421} a man{G435} after{G2596} my{G3450} heart,{G2588} who{G3739} shall do{G4160} all{G3956} my{G3450} will.{G2307}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} when he had removed{G3179}{(G5660)} him{G846}, he raised up{G1453}{(G5656)} unto them{G846} David{G1138} to be{G1519} their king{G935}; to whom{G3739} also{G2532} he gave testimony{G3140}{(G5660)}, and said{G2036}{(G5627)}, I have found{G2147}{(G5627)} David{G1138} the son of Jesse{G2421}, a man{G435} after{G2596} mine own{G3450} heart{G2588}, which{G3739} shall fulfil{G4160}{(G5692)} all{G3956} my{G3450} will{G2307}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And after he had put him doune he set vp David to be their kynge of whome he reported sayinge: I have founde David the sonne of Iesse a man after myne awne hert he shall fulfill all my will.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan he had put him downe, he set vp Dauid to be their kynge, of whom he reported, sayenge: I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse, a man after my hert, he shal fulfyll all my wyll.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And after he had taken him away, he raised vp Dauid to be their King, of whom he witnessed, saying, I haue found Dauid the sonne of Iesse, a man after mine owne heart, which will doe all things that I will.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when he was put downe, he set vp Dauid to be their kyng, of whom he reported, saying: I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse, a man after mine owne heart, which shall fulfyll all my wyll.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the `son' of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who shall do all My will.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him:‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
• 1 Sam 16:13 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
• 1 Sam 15:23 : 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.
• 1 Sam 15:26 : 26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you: for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.
• 1 Sam 15:28 : 28 And Samuel said to him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
• 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and did not turn aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
• Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
• Acts 7:46 : 46 Who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
• 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not right with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
• Ps 89:19-37 : 19 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy one, and said, I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established; my arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name his horn shall be exalted. 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall cry to me, You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My mercy I will keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also I will make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes and do not keep my commandments; 32 Then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David. 36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established forever like the moon, and like a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
• 2 Sam 2:4 : 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It was the men of Jabeshgilead who buried Saul.
• 1 Sam 13:13-14 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now the LORD would have established your kingdom upon Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue: the LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him to be captain over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.
• 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 It grieves Me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried to the LORD all night.
• 1 Sam 28:16 : 16 Then Samuel said, Why do you ask me, seeing the LORD has departed from you and has become your enemy?
• 1 Sam 31:6 : 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
• 2 Sam 5:3-5 : 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron, he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
• 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
• 2 Sam 7:15 : 15 But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
• 1 Chr 10:13 : 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he did not keep; and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;
• 1 Chr 28:4-5 : 4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel: 5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Jer 33:21 : 21 Then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant, so that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers.
• Jer 33:26 : 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
• Ezek 37:24-25 : 24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward, the children of Israel shall return, and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the last days.
• Hos 13:10-11 : 10 I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes? 11 I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.
• 1 Sam 12:25 : 25 But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king.
• Acts 15:8 : 8 And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as He did to us;
• Heb 11:4-5 : 4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead still speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.