Acts 7:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when forty years were complete, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire in a bush.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ πληρωθέντων ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα, ὤφθη αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ ὄρους Σινᾶ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐν φλογὶ πυρὸς βάτου.

Transliteration

Kai plērōthentōn etōn tessarakonta, ōphthē to him en the erēmō of the orous Sina angelos Kyriou en phlogi pyros batou.

Grammar Details

• *Kai*: conjunction - and
• *plērōthentōn*: aorist passive participle, genitive neuter plural - having been fulfilled/completed
• *etōn*: genitive neuter plural - years
• *tessarakonta*: numeral - forty
• *ōphthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - appeared/was seen
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• *erēmō*: dative feminine singular - wilderness/desert
• *orous*: genitive neuter singular - mountain/mount
• *Sina*: genitive - Sinai
• *angelos*: nominative masculine singular - angel/messenger
• *Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - of the Lord
• *phlogi*: dative feminine singular - flame
• *pyros*: genitive neuter singular - of fire
• *batou*: genitive feminine singular - bush

Word Meanings

• *plērōthentōn*: having been fulfilled/completed/filled up
• *ōphthē*: appeared/was seen/showed himself
• *erēmō*: wilderness/desert/isolated place
• *angelos*: angel/messenger
• *phlogi*: flame/blaze
• *batou*: bush/bramble bush/thornbush

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  After forty years had passed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the wilderness near Mount Sinai.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} when{G4137} forty{G5062} years{G2094} were fulfilled,{G4137} an angel{G32} {G2962} appeared{G3700} to him{G846} in{G1722} the wilderness{G2048} of Mount{G3735} Sinai,{G4614} in{G1722} a flame{G5395} of fire{G4442} in a bush.{G942}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} when forty{G5062} years{G2094} were expired{G4137}{(G5685)}, there appeared{G3700}{(G5681)} to him{G846} in{G1722} the wilderness{G2048} of mount{G3735} Sina{G4614} an angel{G32} of the Lord{G2962} in{G1722} a flame{G5395} of fire{G4442} in a bush{G942}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when.xl. yeares were expired ther appered to him in the wyldernes of mounte Syna an angell of the Lorde in a flamme of fyre in a busshe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And after fourtye yeares, the angell of ye LORDE appeared vnto him vpon mount Sina, in a flamme of fyre in a busshe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when fourtie yeres were expired, there appeared to him in the wildernes of mout Sina, an Angel of the Lord in a flame of fire, in a bush.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And whe fourtie yeres were expired, there appeared to hym in the wyldernesse of mount Sina, an Angel of the Lorde in a flambe of fire in a busshe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 3:1-2 : 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed.
• Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Dan 3:27 : 27 And the princes, governors, captains, and the king's counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed, nor were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
• Hos 12:3-5 : 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept and made supplication to him; he found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us; 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is His memorial.
• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.
• Mark 12:26 : 26 But concerning the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
• Luke 20:37 : 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in the bush passage, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
• Acts 7:17 : 17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
• Acts 7:32 : 32 Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
• Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
• Exod 7:7 : 7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
• Exod 19:1-2 : 1 In the third month, when the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mountain.
• Deut 4:20 : 20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.
• Deut 33:16 : 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.
• 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mountain of God.
• Ps 66:12 : 12 You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water, but you brought us out into a wealthy place.
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame ignite upon you.
• Gal 4:25 : 25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
• Gen 16:7-9 : 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where will you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude. 11 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You are the God who sees; for she said, Have I also here seen him who sees me?
• Gen 22:15-18 : 15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies; 18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.
• Gen 32:24-30 : 24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. But he said, I will not let you go, unless you bless me. 27 And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray, your name. And he said, Why is it that you ask about my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
• Gen 48:15-16 : 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.