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Acts 4:29

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 29 And now, Jehovah,* give attention to their threats, and grant to your slaves to keep speaking your word with all boldness,

Acts 4:29

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 29 καὶ And τὰ the (things) νῦν, now, κύριε, Lord, ἔπιδε see you on ἐπὶ upon τὰς the ἀπειλὰς threats αὐτῶν, of them, καὶ and δὸς give τοῖς to the δούλοις slaves σου of you μετὰ with παρρησίας outspokenness πάσης all λαλεῖν to be speaking τὸν the λόγον word σου, of you,

Acts 4:29

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 29 And now, Jehovah,* give attention to their threats,+ and grant your slaves to keep speaking your word with all boldness,+

Acts 4:29

The Bible in Living English
- 29 And now, Lord, turn thy eye upon their threats, and grant thy servants the gift of speaking thy word with all boldness

Acts 4:29

American Standard Version
- 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

Acts 4:29

The Emphasized Bible
- 29 As to the present things then, O Lord,—Look upon their threats, and grant unto thy servants with all freedom of utterance to be speaking thy word,

Acts 4:29

King James Version
- 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

Acts Study Notes—Chapter 4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 4:29
  
  Jehovah: These words are part of a prayer addressed to the “Sovereign Lord” (Ac 4:24b), a term that is rendered from the Greek word de·spoʹtes and that is also used to address God in a prayer recorded at Lu 2:29. In this prayer in Acts, Jesus is called “your holy servant.” (Ac 4:27, 30) The disciples’ prayer includes a quote from Ps 2:1, 2, where the divine name is used. (See study note on Ac 4:26.) In addition, this request that Jehovah give attention to their threats, that is, the threats of the Sanhedrin, uses terms that are similar to those used in prayers recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures, such as at 2Ki 19:16, 19 and Isa 37:17, 20, where the divine name is used.—See App. C3 introduction; Ac 4:29.