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Acts 15:16

After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

KJV

μετὰ ταῦτα ἀναστρέψω καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυεὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν, καὶ τὰ κατεστραμμένα αὐτῆς ἀνοικοδομήσω καὶ ἀνορθώσω αὐτήν,

Greek NT

Post hæc revertar, et reædificabo tabernaculum David quod decidit : et diruta ejus reædificabo, et erigam illud :

Vulgate

After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up:

ASV

After these things I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down: and the ruins thereof I will rebuild. And I will set it up:

Douay-Rheims

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People David

In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταστρέφω
katastrepho
verb · 3×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
σκηνή
skene
noun · 20×
ἀναστρέφω
anastrepho
verb · 9×
ἀνοικοδομέω
anoikodomeo
verb · 2×
ἀνορθόω
anorthoo
verb · 3×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Amos 9:11 · exact_quote
    "In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:"
    James quotes Amos: I will rebuild the tabernacle of David

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: κατεσκαμμένα | NIV/RP: κατεσκαμμένα | WH/Treg: κατεστραμμένα
  • κατεσκαμμέναSBLGNT
  • κατεσκαμμέναReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • κατεστραμμέναWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 12:16 — So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Isr
  • Amos 9:11 — In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
  • Ezek 17:22 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountai
  • Hos 3:5 — Afterward 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.
  • Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
  • Isa 16:5 — And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
  • Jer 12:15 — And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
  • Jer 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
  • Jer 31:28 — And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant,
  • Jer 42:10 — If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
  • Luke 1:31 — And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
  • Ps 89:35 — Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.