Bible Verse of the Day

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Today's Verse for Friday, October 23

21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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Today's Verse in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

English Standard Version (ESV)

21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

New Living Translation (NLT)

21 or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.

The Message Bible (MSG)

21 And why? Because it's not something concocted in the human heart. Prophecy resulted when the Holy Spirit prompted men and women to speak God's Word.

American Standard Version (ASV)

21 For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

21 No prophecy ever originated from humans. Instead, it was given by the Holy Spirit as humans spoke under God's direction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

21 because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

21 It never came simply because a prophet wanted it to. Instead, the Holy Spirit guided the prophets as they spoke. So prophecy comes from God.

Today's Verse In-Context

19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.

21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

This Week's Daily Bible Verses

Thursday, October 22
1 Kings 8:61

61 And may your hearts be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

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Wednesday, October 21
Deuteronomy 28:9

9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in obedience to him.

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Tuesday, October 20
Psalm 112:1

1 Praise the LORD. Blessed are those who fear the LORD, who find great delight in his commands.

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Monday, October 19
2 Peter 1:16

16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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Sunday, October 18
Psalm 42:11

11 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

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Saturday, October 17
Revelation 1:8

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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Friday, October 16
Haggai 2:6-7

6 “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

7 I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD Almighty.

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Thursday, October 15
Psalm 8:3-4

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

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