Acts 13:41

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

Behold {G1492}, ye despisers {G2707}, and {G2532} wonder {G2296}, and {G2532} perish {G853}: for {G3754} I {G1473} work {G2038} a work {G2041} in {G1722} your {G5216} days {G2250}, a work {G2041} which {G3739} ye shall {G4100} in no wise {G3364} believe {G4100}, though {G1437} a man {G5100} declare it {G1555} unto you {G5213}.

‘You mockers! Look, and marvel, and die!
For in your own time, I am doing a work
that you simply will not believe,
even if someone explains it to you!’ ”

‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.

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Cross-References

  • Habakkuk 1:5 (58 votes)

    ¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work a work in your days, [which] ye will not believe, though it be told [you].

  • 1 Peter 4:17 (12 votes)

    For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?

  • Romans 11:7 (8 votes)

    What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

  • Romans 11:14 (8 votes)

    If by any means I may provoke to emulation [them which are] my flesh, and might save some of them.

  • Colossians 1:26 (7 votes)

    [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

  • Colossians 1:27 (7 votes)

    To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Matthew 23:34 (4 votes)

    Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city: