Parallel Verses
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;'
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.
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!
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.
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 having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought him, saying, 'Are we able to know what is this new teaching that is spoken by thee, 20 for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;' 21 and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 8:12
I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.
1 Peter 4:4
in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,
Matthew 19:23-25
and Jesus said to his disciples, 'Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;
Mark 9:10
and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.
Mark 10:24-26
And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, 'Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!
John 6:60
many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, 'This word is hard; who is able to hear it?'
John 7:35-36
The Jews, therefore, said among themselves, 'Whither is this one about to go that we shall not find him? -- to the dispersion of the Greeks is he about to go? and to teach the Greeks;
Acts 2:12
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, 'What would this wish to be?'
Acts 10:17
And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,
1 Corinthians 1:18
for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God,
1 Corinthians 1:23
also we -- we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,
1 Corinthians 2:14
and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know them, because spiritually they are discerned;
Hebrews 5:11
concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing,