KJV King James Version
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
WEB World English Bible
‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
ASV American Standard Version
And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
Surrounding context — Acts 2
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all [ye] that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἔσταιG1510 · eimito beἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongταῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐσχάταιςG2078 · eschatoslast/leastἡμέραις,G2250 · hēmeradayλέγειG3004 · legōto sayὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεός,G2316 · theosGodἐκχεῶG1632 · ekcheōto pour outἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπνεύματόςG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritμουG3165 · memeἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstπᾶσανG3956 · pasallσάρκαG4561 · sarxfleshκαὶG2532 · kaiandπροφητεύσουσινG4395 · prophēteuōto prophesyοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱοὶG5207 · uhiossonὑμῶνG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoθυγατέρεςG2364 · thugatērdaughterὑμῶν,G4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoνεανίσκοιG3495 · neaniskosyoung manὑμῶνG4771 · suyouὁράσειςG3706 · horasisappearance/visionὄψονταιG3700 · optanomaito appearκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρεσβύτεροιG4245 · presbuteroselder: ElderὑμῶνG4771 · suyouἐνυπνίοιςG1798 · enupniondreamἐνυπνιασθήσονται.G1797 · enupniazōto dream
Cross-references
Joel 2:28-32And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:Titus 3:4-6But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,Acts 10:45And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.John 7:39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:Hebrews 1:2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;Hosea 3:5Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.1 Corinthians 12:28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.Luke 3:6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.Isaiah 66:23And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.1 Corinthians 12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:Romans 5:5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.Zechariah 2:13Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.Acts 21:9And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.Ezekiel 39:29Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.2 Peter 3:3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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