Acts 13:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Δαυίδ μὲν γὰρ, ἰδίᾳ γενεᾷ ὑπηρετήσας τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ βουλῇ, ἐκοιμήθη, καὶ προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶδεν διαφθοράν:

Transliteration

David men gar, own geneā hypēretēsas the of-the Theou boulē, ekoimēthē, and prosetethē pros the pateras of-him, and eiden diaphthoran:

Grammar Details

• *men*: postpositive particle - indeed/on the one hand
• *gar*: postpositive particle - for/because
• *geneā*: dative, feminine, singular - generation
• *hypēretēsas*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having served
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God
• *boulē*: dative, feminine, singular - counsel/purpose/will
• *ekoimēthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - he fell asleep
• *prosetethē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - he was added
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *pateras*: accusative, masculine, plural - fathers
• *eiden*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - he saw
• *diaphthoran*: accusative, feminine, singular - corruption

Word Meanings

• *geneā*: generation/age/lifetime
• *hypēretēsas*: having served/having ministered/having assisted
• *boulē*: counsel/purpose/will/plan
• *ekoimēthē*: fell asleep/died
• *prosetethē*: was added/was gathered/was laid
• *pateras*: fathers/ancestors
• *eiden*: saw/experienced/underwent
• *diaphthoran*: corruption/decay/destruction

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his ancestors, and saw decay.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Howbe it David after he had in his tyme fulfilled the will of God he slepte and was layde with his fathers and sawe corrupcion.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For Dauid, whan he in his tyme had serued the wyll of God, he fell a slepe, and was layed by his fathers, & sawe corrupcion.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Howbeit, Dauid after hee had serued his time by the counsell of God, hee slept, and was laid with his fathers, and sawe corruption.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For Dauid, after he had serued his tyme, by the wyll of God fell on slepe, and was layde vnto his fathers, and sawe corruption:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

• World English Bible (2000)

  For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
• Acts 2:29 : 29 Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
• Acts 13:22 : 22 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.
• 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
• Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
• Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
• 1 Cor 15:6 : 6 After that, He was seen by over five hundred brothers and sisters at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some have fallen asleep.
• 1 Cor 15:18 : 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
• 1 Cor 15:42-44 : 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
• 1 Cor 15:53-54 : 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'
• 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But I would not have you be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.
• Acts 7:60 : 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• 1 Chr 13:2-4 : 2 And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seems good to you, and if it is of the LORD our God, let us send out to our brothers everywhere, who are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites who are in their cities and surrounding areas, that they may gather themselves to us: 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we did not inquire of it in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation said they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
• 1 Chr 15:12-16 : 12 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. 13 For because you did not do it at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for we did not seek Him after the due order. 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles on it, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD. 16 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding by lifting up the voice with joy.
• 1 Chr 15:25-29 : 25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bulls and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also wore an ephod of linen. 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of cornets, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. 29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out at a window, saw King David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
• 1 Chr 17:11 : 11 And it shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
• 1 Chr 18:14 : 14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
• 1 Chr 22:1-9 : 1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the fittings; and bronze in abundance beyond weight; 4 Also cedar trees in abundance, for the Sidonians and those of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all nations: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. 6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God: 8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house unto my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. 9 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him peace from all his enemies around: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. 10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. 11 Now, my son, the LORD be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of the LORD your God, as he has said of you. 12 Only may the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the LORD your God. 13 Then you shall prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; do not fear, nor be dismayed. 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD one hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver; and of bronze and iron beyond weight, for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them. 15 Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, stone cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of skillful men for every kind of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with you. 17 David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, 18 Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not given you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people. 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 9:31 : 31 Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
• 2 Chr 12:16 : 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
• 2 Chr 21:1 : 1 Now Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David. And Jehoram his son ruled in his place.
• 2 Chr 26:23 : 23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in a field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son reigned in his place.
• Job 17:14 : 14 I have said to corruption, 'You are my father'; to the worm, 'You are my mother, and my sister.'
• Job 19:26-27 : 26 And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God, 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
• Job 21:26 : 26 They lie down alike in the dust, and worms cover them.
• Ps 49:9 : 9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.
• Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
• Ps 78:71-72 : 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.
• John 11:39 : 39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.
• 1 Chr 11:2 : 2 Moreover, in times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.