Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
For, certain foreign things, art thou bringing into our hearing: We are minded to get to know, therefore, what these things please to be!
New American Standard Bible
For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.”
King James Version
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
Holman Bible
For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.”
International Standard Version
It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means."
A Conservative Version
For thou bring some surprising things to our ears. Therefore, we want to know whatever these things aim to be.
American Standard Version
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
Amplified
For you are bringing some startling and strange things to our ears; so we want to know what they mean.”
An Understandable Version
You are telling us some very unusual things and we would like to know what they mean."
Anderson New Testament
For you bring some strange things to our ears: we wish to understand then what these things mean.
Bible in Basic English
For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.
Common New Testament
For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."
Daniel Mace New Testament
for what you say sounds so very strange, we should be glad to know what it means.
Darby Translation
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
Godbey New Testament
For you bring certain strange things to our hearing: therefore we desire to know what these things wish to be.
Goodspeed New Testament
Some of the things you tell us sound strange to us, and we want to know just what they mean."
John Wesley New Testament
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would therefore know, what these things mean?
Julia Smith Translation
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we wish therefore to know what these things may be.
King James 2000
For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you are bringing some astonishing things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what {these things mean}."
Modern King James verseion
For you bring certain strange things to our ears, therefore we are minded to know what these things mean.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou bringest strange tidings to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean."
Moffatt New Testament
You talk of some things that sound strange to us; so we want to know what they mean."
Montgomery New Testament
"For you are bringing certain strange things to our ears. We want to know, therefore, what these things mean."
NET Bible
For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean."
New Heart English Bible
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."
Noyes New Testament
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean.
Sawyer New Testament
for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For thou bringest some strange stories to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean."
Webster
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.
Weymouth New Testament
For the things you are saying sound strange to us. We should therefore like to be told exactly what they mean."
Williams New Testament
For some of the things you bring sound startling to us; so we want to know just what they mean."
World English Bible
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."
Worrell New Testament
for you bring to our ears certain strange things; we wish, therefore, to know what these things mean."
Worsley New Testament
For thou bringest strange things to our ears; we would therefore know what these things mean.
Youngs Literal Translation
for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'
Themes
Athens » A city » A city of greece
Curiosity » Instances of » Of the athenians, to hear some new thing
Missionary journeys » Ac 13-14 » Second - with silas
Paul's » First - with barnabas and john mark ac 13-14 » Second - with silas
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 17:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul In Athens
19 And so, laying hold of him, they brought him up, to the Hill of Mars, saying - Can we get to know what this new teaching is, which, by thee, is being spoken. 20 For, certain foreign things, art thou bringing into our hearing: We are minded to get to know, therefore, what these things please to be! 21 Now, all Athenians and the sojourning foreigners, unto nothing else, were devoting their leisure, than to be telling or hearing, something newer.
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 8:12
I have been wont to write for him the myriad things of my law, - Like something alien, have they been accounted.
1 Peter 4:4
Wherein they are taken by surprise that ye run not with them into the same overflow of riotous excess, - uttering defamation:
Matthew 19:23-25
And, Jesus, said unto his disciples - Verily, I say unto you, A rich man, with difficulty, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Mark 9:10
And, the word, they held fast unto themselves, discussing what was, the rising from among the dead.
Mark 10:24-26
And, the disciples, were in amazement, because of the words. But, Jesus, again answering, saith unto them - Children! how difficult, it is, to enter, into the kingdom of God!
John 6:60
Many, of his disciples, therefore, when they heard, said - Hard, is this discourse, - Who can, thereunto, hearken?
John 7:35-36
The Jews, therefore, said unto themselves - Whither, is, this one, about to go, that we shall not find him? Unto the dispersion of the Greeks, is he about to go, and teach the Greeks?
Acts 2:12
But they were all beside themselves and were utterly at a loss, saying one to another - What doth this please to be?
Acts 10:17
And, as within himself Peter was doubting what the vision which he had seen might mean, lo! the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,
1 Corinthians 1:18
For, the discourse which concerneth the cross, unto them, indeed, who are perishing, is, foolishness; but, unto them who are being saved - unto us, it is, God's power.
1 Corinthians 1:23
Whereas, we, proclaim a Christ who hath been crucified, - unto Jews, indeed, an occasion of stumbling, and, unto Gentiles, foolishness;
1 Corinthians 2:14
But, a man of the soul, doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, and he cannot get to know them, because, spiritually, are they examined;
Hebrews 5:11
Concerning whom, great, is our discourse, and of difficult interpretation, to express, seeing that, slothful, have ye become in the hearing;