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Acts 2:26b–27

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2:27because you will not leave my soul in Hades,52

nor permit your Holy One to experience53 decay.

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Footnotes

  1. 52 Or “will not abandon my soul to Hades.” Often “Hades” is the equivalent of the Hebrew term Sheol, the place of the dead.
  2. 53 Grk “to see,” but the literal translation of the phrase “to see decay” could be misunderstood to mean simply “to look at decay,” while here “see decay” is really figurative for “experience decay.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;

my flesh also will dwell in hope.

For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,

or let your Holy One see corruption.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest in hope,

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,

you will not let your holy one see decay.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore my heart is glad

and my tongue rejoices.

Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope,

because you will not abandon me in Hades

or allow your holy one to see decay.

NLTNew Living Translation

No wonder my heart is glad,

and my tongue shouts his praises!

My body rests in hope.

For you will not leave my soul among the dead

or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For this reason my heart was glad

and my tongue rejoiced greatly,

furthermore also my flesh will live in hope,

because you will not abandon my soul in Hades,

nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.