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Acts 7:43

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

KJV

καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολὸχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ Ῥομφάν, τοὺς τύπους οὓς ἐποιήσατε προσκυνεῖν αὐτοῖς; καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Βαβυλῶνος.

Greek NT

Et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch, et sidus dei vestri Rempham, figuras quas fecistis adorare eas : et transferam vos trans Babylonem.

Vulgate

And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

ASV

And you took unto you the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Rempham, figures which you made to adore them. And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαβυλών
babulon
noun · 12×
Μολόχ
moloch
noun · 1×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μετοικίζω
metoikizo
verb · 2×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
προσκυνέω
proskuneo
verb · 59×
σκηνή
skene
noun · 20×
τύπος
tupos
noun · 15×
ἀναλαμβάνω
analambano
verb · 13×
ἄστρον
astron
noun · 4×
ἐπέκεινα
epekeina
adverb · 1×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Ῥεμφάν
remphan
noun · 1×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: θεοῦ | WH/Treg: θεοῦ | NIV/RP: + ὑμῶν
  • θεοῦSBLGNT
  • θεοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • + ὑμῶνReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: Ῥαιφάν | NIV: Ῥαιφάν | WH: Ῥομφά | Treg: Ῥεφάν | RP: Ῥεμφάν
  • ῬαιφάνSBLGNT
  • ῬαιφάνReader's GNT (NA27)
  • ῬομφάWestcott-Hort
  • ῬεφάνTregelles
  • ῬεμφάνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 11:7 — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
  • 2Kgs 17:16 — And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
  • 2Kgs 18:11 — And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
  • 2Kgs 21:6 — And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him t
  • Amos 5:26 — But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
  • Amos 5:27 — Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
  • Deut 4:16 — Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
  • Deut 5:8 — Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
  • Exod 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
  • Lev 18:21 — And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Lev 20:2 — Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put