Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. New Living Translation And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. English Standard Version And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, Berean Standard Bible And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness, Berean Literal Bible And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to Your servants to speak Your word with all boldness, King James Bible And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, New King James Version Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, New American Standard Bible And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant it to Your bond-servants to speak Your word with all confidence, NASB 1995 “And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence, NASB 1977 “And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Thy bond-servants may speak Thy word with all confidence, Legacy Standard Bible And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your slaves may speak Your word with all confidence, Amplified Bible And now, Lord, observe their threats [take them into account] and grant that Your bond-servants may declare Your message [of salvation] with great confidence, Christian Standard Bible And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness, Holman Christian Standard Bible And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that Your slaves may speak Your message with complete boldness, American Standard Version And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, Contemporary English Version Lord, listen to their threats! We are your servants. So make us brave enough to speak your message. English Revised Version And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, GOD'S WORD® Translation "Lord, pay attention to their threats now, and allow us to speak your word boldly. Good News Translation And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness. International Standard Version Lord, pay attention to their threats now, and allow your servants to speak your word boldly Majority Standard Bible And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness, NET Bible And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage, New Heart English Bible Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, Webster's Bible Translation And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, Weymouth New Testament And now, Lord, listen to their threats, and enable Thy servants to proclaim Thy Message with fearless courage, World English Bible Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd now, LORD, look on their threatenings, and grant to Your servants to speak Your word with all freedom, Berean Literal Bible And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to Your servants to speak Your word with all boldness, Young's Literal Translation 'And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word, Smith's Literal Translation And now, Lord, look upon their threats: and give to thy servants, with all freedom of speech to speak thy word, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd now, Lord, behold their threatenings, and grant unto thy servants, that with all confidence they may speak thy word, Catholic Public Domain Version And now, O Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants that they may speak your word with all confidence, New American Bible And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and enable your servants to speak your word with all boldness, New Revised Standard Version And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd even now, O LORD, look and see their threatenings; and grant to your servants that they may freely preach your word, Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Also now LORD JEHOVAH, behold and see their threats, and grant to your Servants that they would be preaching your word openly.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants that they may speak thy word with all boldness, Godbey New Testament And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to thy servants with all boldness to speak thy word, Haweis New Testament And as to the present transactions, Lord, look upon their threatnings: and grant thy servants power with all boldness to speak thy word, Mace New Testament and now, Lord, behold their threatnings: and enable thy servants to deliver thy word with freedom, Weymouth New Testament And now, Lord, listen to their threats, and enable Thy servants to proclaim Thy Message with fearless courage, Worrell New Testament And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings; and grant to Thy servants to speak Thy word with all boldness, Worsley New Testament And now, Lord, behold their threatenings; and give unto thy servants to speak thy word with all freedom, while Thou art stretching forth thy hand to heal, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Believers' Prayer…28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen. 29And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness, 30as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”… Cross References Psalm 2:1-2 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 1:8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD. Matthew 10:19-20 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. / For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Luke 12:11-12 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say. / For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.” John 15:18-21 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. ... John 17:14-15 I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. / I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. Acts 9:27-29 Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus. / So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. / He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him. Acts 18:9-10 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent. / For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.” Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 2 Corinthians 3:12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. Ephesians 6:19-20 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel, / for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should. Treasury of Scripture And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to your servants, that with all boldness they may speak your word, behold. Acts 4:17,18,21 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name… Isaiah 37:17-20 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God… Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? that. Acts 4:13,31 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus… Acts 9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. Jump to Previous Boldness Bond-Servants Confidence Consider Courage Cruel Enable Fear Fearless Freedom Grant Great Message Note Power Preachers Proclaim Servants Speak Threatenings Threats Word WordsJump to Next Boldness Bond-Servants Confidence Consider Courage Cruel Enable Fear Fearless Freedom Grant Great Message Note Power Preachers Proclaim Servants Speak Threatenings Threats Word WordsActs 4 1. The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon,3. imprison him and John. 5. After, upon examination 8. Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus, 11. and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved, 13. they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name, 23. whereupon the church flees to prayer. 31. And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer; 34. confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity. And now, Lord This phrase marks a transition from recounting past events to a direct appeal to God. The Greek word for "Lord" here is "κύριε" (kurie), which denotes authority and sovereignty. In the context of Acts, the early Christians are acknowledging God's supreme power over the situation they face. Historically, this reflects the early church's reliance on divine intervention amidst persecution, emphasizing a deep trust in God's providence. consider their threats and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Andκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. now, νῦν (nyn) Adverb Strong's 3568: A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate. Lord, Κύριε (Kyrie) Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. consider ἔπιδε (epide) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 1896: To looked upon, regarded. And other moods and persons of the same tense; from epi and eido; to regard. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. threats, ἀπειλὰς (apeilas) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 547: A threatening, threat. From apeileo; a menace. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. enable δὸς (dos) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. Your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. servants δούλοις (doulois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. to speak λαλεῖν (lalein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. Your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. word λόγον (logon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. with μετὰ (meta) Preposition Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. complete πάσης (pasēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. boldness, παρρησίας (parrēsias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3954: From pas and a derivative of rheo; all out-spokenness, i.e. Frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication, assurance. 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