Acts 1:20
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For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
In other translations
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
Greek words
γέγραπταιgegraptaiIt has been writtenG1125γὰρgarforG1063ἐνenin [the]G1722βίβλῳbiblōbookG976ψαλμῶν·psalmōnof Psalms:G5568γενηθήτωgenēthētōshould becomeG1096ἡhētheG3588ἔπαυλιςepaulishomesteadG1886αὐτοῦautouof himG846ἔρημοςerēmosdesolateG2048καὶkaiandG2532μὴmēnotG3361ἔστωestōshould there beG1510ὁho[one] whoG3588κατοικῶνkatoikōnis dwellingG2730ἐνeninG1722αὐτῇ,autēait,’G846καὶkaiandG2532τὴνtēnTheG3588ἐπισκοπὴνepiskopēnpositionG1984αὐτοῦautouof himG846λαβέτωlabetōtakeG2983ἕτερος.heterosanother.’G2087
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Related verses
- Psalm 69:25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
- Psalm 109:8-158 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.8 May his days be few; may another take his position. 9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 10 May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. 11 May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
- Acts 1:25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
- Luke 24:44And 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.Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
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