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.
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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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.