Acts 13:18 “He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.”

Acts 13:18

He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

World English Bible

For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

American Standard Version

And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.

Geneva Bible 1599

And about the time of fourtie yeeres, suffered he their maners in the wildernesse.

Darby Translation

and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

Young's Literal Translation

and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

Bible in Basic English

And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.

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Cross references

“about”

Acts 7:36 Acts 7:39–43 Exodus 16:2 Exodus 16:35 Numbers 14:22 Deuteronomy 9:7

Acts 7:36 · BSB

He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Acts 7:39–43 · BSB

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Exodus 16:2 · BSB

And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 16:35 · BSB

The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

Numbers 14:22 · BSB

not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

Deuteronomy 9:7 · BSB

Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.

Also

Deuteronomy 1:31

Deuteronomy 1:31 · BSB

and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

19And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

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