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Acts 2:22-32 GNB
"Listen to these words, fellow Israelites! Jesus of Nazareth was a man whose divine authority was clearly proven to you by all the miracles and wonders which God performed through him. You yourselves know this, for it happened here among you. (23) In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him. (24) But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner. (25) For David said about him, 'I saw the Lord before me at all times; he is near me, and I will not be troubled. (26) And so I am filled with gladness, and my words are full of joy. And I, mortal though I am, will rest assured in hope, (27) because you will not abandon me in the world of the dead; you will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave. (28) You have shown me the paths that lead to life, and your presence will fill me with joy.' [Psalm 16:8-11] (29) "My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day. (30) He was a prophet, and he knew what God had promised him: God had made a vow that he would make one of David's descendants a king, just as David was. [Ps 132:11] (31) David saw what God was going to do in the future, and so he spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah when he said, 'He was not abandoned in the world of the dead; his body did not rot in the grave.' [Ps 16:10] (32) God has raised this very Jesus from death, and we are all witnesses to this fact.

Acts 2:22-32 ALT
"Men, Israelites! Pay attention to these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a Man having been attested by God among you by miraculous works and wonders and signs which God did through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves also know— (23) this One, handed over by the having been designated plan and foreknowledge of God, you having taken by lawless hands, having crucified, you executed; (24) whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible [for] Him to continue being held by it. (25) "For David says in regard to Him: 'I myself was foreseeing the LORD through all [fig. continually] before me, because He is at my right hand, so that I shall not be shaken. (26) 'For this reason my heart [fig., inner self, and elsewhere in book] celebrated and my tongue was very glad, and yet my flesh also will rest on hope [or, confident expectation]; (27) because You will not abandon my soul to the realm of the dead [Gr., hades], nor will You give [fig., allow] Your Holy One to see corruption. (28) 'You made known to me [the] ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your face [fig., presence].' [Psalm 16:8-11] (29) "Men, brothers! It is possible [for me] to speak with confidence to you concerning the patriarch David, that he both came to the end [of his life] and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day. (30) "Therefore, being a prophet and knowing that God vowed to him with an oath, from [the] fruit of his reproductive organs according to the flesh [fig., from one of his descendents], to raise up the Christ [or, the Messiah, and throughout book] to sit on his throne, (31) [Ps 132:11] having foreseen [this], he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in the realm of the dead [Gr., hades], nor did His flesh see corruption. [Ps 16:10] (32) "This Jesus God raised up, of which we are all witnesses!

Acts 2:22-32 MWT
22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Naz·a·rene´, a man publicly shown by God to YOU through powerful works and portents and signs that God did through him in YOUR midst, just as YOU yourselves know, 23 this [man], as one delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, YOU fastened to a stake by the hand of lawless men and did away with. 24 But God resurrected him by loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to continue to be held fast by it. 25 For David says respecting him, ‘I had Jehovah constantly before my eyes; because he is at my right hand that I may never be shaken. 26 On this account my heart became cheerful and my tongue rejoiced greatly. Moreover, even my flesh will reside in hope; 27 because you will not leave my soul in Ha´des, neither will you allow your loyal one to see corruption. 28 You have made life’s ways known to me, you will fill me with good cheer with your face.’ [Psalm 16:8-11] 29 “Men, brothers, it is allowable to speak with freeness of speech to YOU concerning the family head David, that he both deceased and was buried and his tomb is among us to this day. 30 Therefore, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath that he would seat one from the fruitage of his loins upon his throne, [Ps 132:11] 31 he saw beforehand and spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he forsaken in Ha´des nor did his flesh see corruption. [Ps 16:10] 32 This Jesus God resurrected, of which fact we are all witnesses.

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Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

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KJV - King James Version

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NWT - New World Translation

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Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - Young's Literal Translation 1889

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