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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:

KJV

Δαυεὶδ γὰρ λέγει εἰς αὐτόν, προορώμην τὸν κύριον μου ἐνώπιόν μου διαπαντός, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μού ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ.

Greek NT

David enim dicit in eum : Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper : quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear :

Vulgate

For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

ASV

For David saith concerning him: I foresaw the Lord before my face: because he is at my right hand, that I may not be moved.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δεξιός
dexios
adjective · 54×
διαπαντός
diapantos
adverb · 9×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
προοράω
proorao
verb · 4×
σαλεύω
saleuo
verb · 15×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐνώπιον
enopion
preposition · 93×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 16:8 · allusion
    "I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved."
    Psalm 16: I saw the Lord always before me — Peter at Pentecost

Historic Christian voices

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

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. David expresses his confidence in God as his portion and inheritance. The words "thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" are directly applied by Peter to the resurrection of Christ. David spoke as a prophet, knowing that God had sworn to raise up Christ to sit on his thron…

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
  • 2Sam 23:2 — The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
  • Acts 2:29 — 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.
  • Acts 13:32 — And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
  • Acts 23:11 — And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking 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.
  • Isa 41:13 — For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
  • Isa 44:26 — That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise
  • Isa 50:7 — For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
  • Ps 16:8 — I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
  • Ps 16:8 — I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
  • Ps 21:7 — For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
  • Ps 30:6 — And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
  • Ps 62:2 — He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 62:6 — He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
  • Ps 73:23 — Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
  • Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
  • Ps 110:5 — The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.