Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And saying these things, they scarcely restrained the multitudes not to sacrifice to them.
New American Standard Bible
Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
King James Version
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
Holman Bible
Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.
International Standard Version
Even by saying this, it was all Paul and Barnabas could do to keep the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.
American Standard Version
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them.
Amplified
Even saying these words, with difficulty they prevented the people from offering sacrifices to them.
An Understandable Version
And [even though] they said these things, it was difficult to restrain the crowds from offering [animal] sacrifices to them.
Anderson New Testament
And with these words they hardly restrained the multitudes from offering sacrifice to them.
Bible in Basic English
And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.
Common New Testament
Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but whatever they could say, it was with difficulty that they restrain'd the people from sacrificing to them.
Darby Translation
And saying these things, they with difficulty kept the crowds from sacrificing to them.
Godbey New Testament
And speaking these things they scarcely restrained the multitude from offering sacrifices to them.
Goodspeed New Testament
Even with these words they could hardly restrain the people from offering sacrifice to them.
John Wesley New Testament
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitude from sacrificing to them.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying these, they scarcely hindered the crowds, not to sacrifice to them.
King James 2000
And with these sayings scarcely restrained they the people, that they would not do sacrifice unto them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [although] they said these [things], [only] with difficulty did they dissuade the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
Modern King James verseion
And saying these things, they scarcely stopped the people from sacrificing to them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And with these sayings, scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
Moffatt New Testament
Even by saying this, it was all they could do to keep the crowds from sacrificing to them.
Montgomery New Testament
Even with saying this they with difficulty restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.
NET Bible
Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
New Heart English Bible
Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the crowds from making a sacrifice to them.
Noyes New Testament
And with these words, they hardly restrained the multitudes from sacrificing to them.
Sawyer New Testament
And saying these things they with difficulty restrained the multitudes from sacrificing to them.
The Emphasized Bible
Even these things, saying, scarcely restrained they the multitudes from offering sacrifice unto them.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And thus speaking, scarce restrained they the multitudes from offering the sacrifice to them.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Even with this appeal they could hardly restrain the people from offering sacrifice to them.
Webster
And with these sayings they scarce restrained the people from doing sacrifice to them.
Weymouth New Testament
Even with words like these they had difficulty in preventing the thronging crowd from offering sacrifices to them.
Williams New Testament
Even by saying this it was all that they could do to keep the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.
World English Bible
Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.
Worrell New Testament
And, saying these things, they with difficulty restrained the multitude from offering sacrifice to them.
Worsley New Testament
And saying these things, they with difficulty restrained the people from sacrificing to them.
Youngs Literal Translation
and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.
Themes
Barnabas » Called jupiter (zeus)
Lycaonia » Paul visits towns of
Lystra » One of two cities of lycaonia, to which paul and barnabas fled from persecutions in iconium
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 14:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mistaken For Gods In Lystra
17 although he did not leave himself without evidence, doing good and giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts of food and gladness. 18 And saying these things, they scarcely restrained the multitudes not to sacrifice to them. 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. And having persuaded the crowds, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, after presuming him to be dead.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 11:6
And LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be withheld from them, which they propose to do.
Genesis 19:9
And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will be a judge. Now we will deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed greatly upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the doo
Exodus 32:21-23
And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people do to thee, that thou have brought a great sin upon them?
Jeremiah 44:16-17
As for the word that thou have spoken to us in the name of LORD, we will not hearken to thee.
John 6:15
Jesus therefore having perceived that they are going to come and seize him, so that they might make him king, departed onto the mountain himself alone.