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Acts 2:27
For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
Acts 2:27 · Bible in Basic English
Acts 2:27 in other translations
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
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In context
24 But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
25 For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:
26 And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:
27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
28 You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
29 My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.
30 But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,
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