Acts 7:41 “At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rej…”

Acts 7:41

At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

World English Bible

They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

American Standard Version

And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they made a calfe in those dayes, and offered sacrifice vnto the idole, and reioyced in the workes of their owne handes.

Darby Translation

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

Young's Literal Translation

'And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

Bible in Basic English

And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

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Cross references

“they”

Psalm 106:19–21 Nehemiah 9:18 Exodus 32:2–8 Exodus 32:17–20 Deuteronomy 9:12–18

Psalm 106:19–21 · BSB

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

Nehemiah 9:18 · BSB

Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,

Exodus 32:2–8 · BSB

So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

Exodus 32:17–20 · BSB

When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”

Deuteronomy 9:12–18 · BSB

And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have…

“rejoiced”

Hosea 9:1 Hosea 9:10 Habakkuk 2:18–20 Isaiah 44:9–20 Isaiah 2:8 Isaiah 2:9

Hosea 9:1 · BSB

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

Hosea 9:10 · BSB

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as th…

Habakkuk 2:18–20 · BSB

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

Isaiah 44:9–20 · BSB

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Isaiah 2:8 · BSB

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

Isaiah 2:9 · BSB

So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!

Also

Revelation 9:20

Revelation 9:20 · BSB

Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or h…

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

In context

40They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’

42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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