Verse Comparison: Acts 7:6
American Standard Version
And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
Amplified® Bible
And this is [in effect] what God told him: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a land belonging to other people, who would bring them into bondage and ill-treat them 400 years.
Contemporary English Version
God said that Abraham's descendants would live for a while in a foreign land. There they would be slaves and would be mistreated four hundred years.
Darby English Version
And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years;
Good News Bible
This is what God said to him: 'Your descendants will live in a foreign country, where they will be slaves and will be badly treated for four hundred years.
International Standard Version
This is what God promised: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and its people would enslave them and oppress them for 400 years.
King James Version
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
New American Standard Bible
"But God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
New International Version
God spoke to him in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
New King James Version
But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD LIVE AS ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BECOME ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
Young's Literal Translation
`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,
