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Acts 17:20-21 in English

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Acts 17:20-21 in American Standard Version (1901)

20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)
Acts 17 in American Standard Version (1901)

Acts 17:20-21 in King James (Authorized) Version

20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Acts 17 in King James (Authorized) Version

ACTS 17:20-21 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)
ACTS 17 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

Acts 17:20-21 in Translation for Translators

20 You are teaching some things that startle us (exc), so we want to know what they mean.”
21 They said that, because the people of Athens and also the people from other regions who lived there continually talked about what was new to them, or they listened to others tell what was new.
Acts 17 in Translation for Translators

Acts 17:20-21 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Acts 17 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

Acts 17:20-21 in World English Bible (Catholic)

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Acts 17 in World English Bible (Catholic)

Acts 17:20-21 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Acts 17 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Acts 17:20-21 in Bible in Basic English

20 For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.
21 (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)
Acts 17 in Bible in Basic English

Acts 17:20-21 in Darby Translation

20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.
Acts 17 in Darby Translation

Acts 17:20-21 in Douay-Rheims 1899

20 For thou bringest in certain new things to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean.
21 (Now all the Athenians, and strangers that were there, employed themselves in nothing else, but either in telling or in hearing some new thing.)
Acts 17 in Douay-Rheims 1899

Acts 17:20-21 in English Majority Text Version

20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we desire to know what these things might mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers staying there as visitors spent their time in nothing other than to say or to hear some new thing.
Acts 17 in English Majority Text Version

Acts 17:20-21 in The New Testament with Commentary

20 Because you are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they might mean.”
21 (Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)
Acts 17 in The New Testament with Commentary

Acts 17:20-21 in Free Bible Version

20 We're hearing from you things that sound odd to us, so we'd like to know what they mean.”
21 (All the Athenians, including foreigners who lived there, spent their whole time doing nothing except explaining or listening to something new.)
Acts 17 in Free Bible Version

Acts 17:20-21 in Geneva Bible 1599

20 For thou bringest certaine strange thinges vnto our eares: we woulde knowe therefore, what these things meane.
21 For all the Athenians, and strangers which dwelt there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell, or to heare some newes.
Acts 17 in Geneva Bible 1599

Acts 17:20-21 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Acts 17 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

Acts 17:20-21 in Nyangumarta English Bible

Acts 17:20-21 don't exist in Nyangumarta English Bible.

Acts 17:20-21 in George Noyes Bible

20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean.
21 Now all the Athenians, and the strangers residing among them, spent their leisure for nothing else but to tell or to hear something new.
Acts 17 in George Noyes Bible

Acts 17:20-21 in Open English Bible (Commonwealth Spelling)

20 For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean.”
21 (All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
Acts 17 in Open English Bible (Commonwealth Spelling)

Acts 17:20-21 in Open English Bible (U. S. spelling)

20 For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean.”
21 (All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
Acts 17 in Open English Bible (U. S. spelling)

Acts 17:20-21 in Plain English Version

20 You are saying things that shock us, and we want to understand what you mean.”
21 You see, the Athens people, and the people from other places that lived there, they liked to talk about new ideas all the time, and they liked to hear anything new that other people told them.
Acts 17 in Plain English Version

Acts 17:20-21 in Tyndale New Testament

20 For thou bringest straunge tydynges to oure eares. We wolde knowe therfore what these thinges meane.
21 For all the Attenians and straungers which were there gave the selves to nothinge els but ether to tell or to heare newe tydynges.
Acts 17 in Tyndale New Testament

Acts 17:20-21 in Unlocked Literal Bible

20 For you bring some strange things to our ears. Therefore, we want to know what these things mean.”
21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing but either telling or listening about something new.)
Acts 17 in Unlocked Literal Bible

Acts 17:20-21 in World English Bible

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Acts 17 in World English Bible

Acts 17:20-21 in World English Bible British Edition

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Acts 17 in World English Bible British Edition

Acts 17:20-21 in Noah Webster Bible

20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers who were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Acts 17 in Noah Webster Bible

Acts 17:20-21 in World Messianic Bible

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Acts 17 in World Messianic Bible

Acts 17:20-21 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Acts 17 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

Deeds (Act) of Apostles 17:20-21 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

20 For thou bringest in some new things to our ears; therefore we will know, what these things will be.
21 For all men of Athens and come-lings harboured, gave attention to none other thing, but either to say, either to hear, some new thing.

Deeds (Act) of Apostles 17:20-21 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling (Enhanced)

20 For thou bringest in some new things to our ears; therefore we will know, what these things will be.
21 For all men of Athens and comelings (or newcomers) harboured (there), gave attention to none other thing, but either to say, either to hear, some new thing.

Acts 17:20-21 in Young's Literal Translation

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.