KJV King James Version
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 2:28
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
WEB World English Bible
You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
ASV American Standard Version
Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou didst make known to me ways of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy with Thy countenance.
Surrounding context — Acts 2
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men [and] brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
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Psalm 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.Psalm 21:6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.Psalm 42:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.Psalm 25:4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Proverbs 2:19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.Psalm 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.John 11:25-26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:Proverbs 8:20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.Psalm 21:4He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.Psalm 4:6-7[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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