Acts 13:47

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

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  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
  • Isa 42:6 : 6 I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'
  • Isa 45:22 : 22 Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I `am' God, and there is none else.
  • Acts 1:8 : 8 but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:
  • Isa 42:9-9 : 9 The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear. 10 Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants. 11 The wilderness and its cities do lift up `the voice', The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry. 12 They ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare.
  • Zech 2:11 : 11 And joined have been many nations unto Jehovah in that day, And they have been to Me for a people, And I have dwelt in thy midst, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts hath sent me unto thee.
  • Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities, 21 Yea, gone have inhabitants of one To another, saying: We go diligently, To appease the face of Jehovah, To seek Jehovah of Hosts -- I go, even I. 22 Yea, come in have many peoples, and mighty nations, To seek Jehovah of Hosts in Jerusalem, And to appease the face of Jehovah. 23 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: In those days take hold do ten men of all languages of the nations, Yea, they have taken hold on the skirt of a man, a Jew, saying: We go with you, for we heard God `is' with you!
  • Mal 1:11 : 11 For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great `is' My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great `is' My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
  • Isa 52:10 : 10 Jehovah hath made bare His holy arm Before the eyes of all the nations, And seen have all the ends of the earth, The salvation of our God.
  • Isa 59:19-20 : 19 And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun -- His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him. 20 And come to Zion hath a redeemer, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Isa 60:3 : 3 And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye `are' not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;
  • Amos 9:12 : 12 So that they possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations on whom My name is called, An affirmation of Jehovah -- doer of this.
  • Mic 4:2-3 : 2 And gone have many nations and said, Come and we go up to the mount of Jehovah, And unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we do walk in His paths, For from Zion doth go forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. 3 And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.
  • Ps 22:27-29 : 27 Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations, 28 For to Jehovah `is' the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations. 29 And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he `who' hath not revived his soul.
  • Ps 67:2-7 : 2 For the knowledge in earth of Thy way, among all nations of Thy salvation. 3 Praise Thee do peoples, O God, Praise Thee do peoples, all of them. 4 Rejoice and sing do nations, For Thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Selah. 5 Confess Thee do peoples, O God, Confess Thee do peoples -- all of them. 6 Earth hath given her increase, God doth bless us -- our God, 7 God doth bless us, and all ends of earth fear Him!
  • Ps 72:7-8 : 7 Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not. 8 And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.
  • Ps 96:1-2 : 1 Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah all the earth. 2 Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation.
  • Ps 98:2-3 : 2 Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath revealed His righteousness, 3 He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Ps 117:1-2 : 1 Praise Jehovah, all ye nations, Glorify Him, all ye peoples. 2 For mighty to us hath been His kindness, And the truth of Jehovah `is' to the age. Praise ye Jah!
  • Isa 2:1-3 : 1 The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2 And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations. 3 And gone have many peoples and said, `Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
  • Isa 24:13-16 : 13 When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished, 14 They -- they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea. 15 Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel. 16 From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, `Leanness `is' to me, Leanness `is' to me, wo `is' to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
  • Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob hath been in the midst of many peoples, As dew from Jehovah -- as showers on the herb, That waiteth not for man, nor stayeth for the sons of men.
  • Zeph 3:9-9 : 9 For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him `with' one shoulder. 10 From beyond the rivers of Cush, my supplicants, The daughter of My scattered ones, Do bring My present.
  • Jer 16:19 : 19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.
  • Mark 16:15 : 15 and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;
  • Acts 15:14-16 : 14 Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name, 15 and to this agree the words of the prophets, as it hath been written: 16 After these things I will turn back, and I will build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen down, and its ruins I will build again, and will set it upright --
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee, 18 to open their eyes, to turn `them' from darkness to light, and `from' the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that `is' toward me.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

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