KJV King James Version
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
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Acts 18:9
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
WEB World English Bible
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
ASV American Standard Version
And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, ‘Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;
Surrounding context — Acts 18
6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain [man’s] house, named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
11 And he continued [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΕἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayδὲG1161 · dethenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκύριοςG2962 · kurioslord: GodἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongνυκτὶG3571 · nuxnightδι᾽G1223 · diathrough/because ofὁράματοςG3705 · horamavisionτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoΠαύλῳ·G3972 · PaulosPaulμὴG3361 · mēnotφοβοῦG5399 · phobeōto fearἀλλὰG235 · allabutλάλειG2980 · laleōto speakκαὶG2532 · kaiandμὴG3361 · mēnotσιωπήσῃς,G4623 · siōpaōbe quiet
Cross-references
Acts 23:11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.Ezekiel 2:6-8And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns [be] with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they [be] a rebellious house.Ephesians 6:19-20And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,Acts 27:23-25For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,Jeremiah 1:17Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.Acts 16:9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.2 Corinthians 12:1-3It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.Micah 3:8But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.Ezekiel 3:9-11As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they [be] a rebellious house.1 Thessalonians 2:2But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.Jonah 3:2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.Acts 22:18And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
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