Acts 7:43
ContextNET © | But you took along the tabernacle 1 of Moloch 2 and the star of the 3 god Rephan, 4 the images you made to worship, but I will deport 5 you beyond Babylon.’ 6 |
NIV © | You have lifted up the shrine of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile’ beyond Babylon. |
NASB © | ‘YOU ALSO TOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF THE GOD ROMPHA, THE IMAGES WHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL REMOVE YOU BEYOND BABYLON.’ |
NLT © | No, your real interest was in your pagan gods––the shrine of Molech, the star god Rephan, and the images you made to worship them. So I will send you into captivity far away in Babylon.’ |
MSG © | Hardly. You were too busy building shrines to war gods, to sex goddesses, Worshiping them with all your might. That's why I put you in exile in Babylon. |
BBE © | And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon. |
NRSV © | No; you took along the tent of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship; so I will remove you beyond Babylon.’ |
NKJV © | You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, Images which you made to worship; And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’ |
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NET © | But you took along the tabernacle 1 of Moloch 2 and the star of the 3 god Rephan, 4 the images you made to worship, but I will deport 5 you beyond Babylon.’ 6 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “tent.” sn A tabernacle was a tent used to house religious objects or a shrine (i.e., a portable sanctuary). 2 sn Moloch was a Canaanite deity who was believed to be the god of the sky and the sun. 3 tc ‡ Most 4 sn Rephan (῾Ραιφάν, RJaifan) was a pagan deity. The term was a name for Saturn. It was variously spelled in the 5 tn Or “I will make you move.” 6 sn A quotation from Amos 5:25-27. This constituted a prediction of the exile. |