KJV King James Version
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
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Acts 4:28
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
WEB World English Bible
to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
ASV American Standard Version
to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.
Surrounding context — Acts 4
25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
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Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Genesis 50:20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.Matthew 26:24The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.Luke 24:44-46And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me.Acts 3:18But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.Acts 13:27-29For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled [them] in condemning [him].Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.1 Peter 2:7-8Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,Psalm 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.Matthew 26:54But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?Job 12:13With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.Hebrews 6:17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:Ephesians 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:Isaiah 40:13Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counseller hath taught him?Luke 22:22And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!Isaiah 5:19That say, Let him make speed, [and] hasten his work, that we may see [it]: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know [it]!Proverbs 21:30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
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