Acts 17:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean."

New Living Translation
“You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.”

English Standard Version
For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.”

Berean Study Bible
For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

New American Standard Bible
For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.”

NASB 1995
"For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."

NASB 1977
“For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; we want to know therefore what these things mean.”

Amplified Bible
For you are bringing some startling and strange things to our ears; so we want to know what they mean.”

Christian Standard Bible
Because what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these things mean.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean."

Contemporary English Version
We have heard you say some strange things, and we want to know what you mean."

Good News Translation
Some of the things we hear you say sound strange to us, and we would like to know what they mean." (

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some of the things you say sound strange to us. So we would like to know what they mean."

International Standard Version
It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means."

NET Bible
For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

New King James Version
For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”

King James 2000 Bible
For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

New Heart English Bible
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

World English Bible
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

American King James Version
For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

American Standard Version
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

A Faithful Version
For you are bringing certain strange things to our ears. So then, we desire to know what these things mean."

Darby Bible Translation
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

English Revised Version
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For thou bringest certaine strange thinges vnto our eares: we woulde knowe therefore, what these things meane.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For thou bryngest certaine straunge thinges to our eares: We would knowe therfore what these thynges meane.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For thou bryngest strauge tidinges to oure eares? We wolde knowe therfore, what this meaneth.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For thou bringest straunge tydynges to oure eares. We wolde knowe therfore what these thinges meane.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for you bring certain strange things to our ears? We resolve, then, to know what these things would wish to be”;

Berean Literal Bible
For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. We resolve therefore to know what these things wish to be."

Young's Literal Translation
for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'

Smith's Literal Translation
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we wish therefore to know what these things may be.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For you are bringing strange things unto our ears. We resolve therefore to know what these things mean.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou bringest in certain new things to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For you bring certain new ideas to our ears. And so we would like to know what these things mean.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For you have sown strange words in our hearing and we wish to know what these things are.”

Lamsa Bible
For you proclaim strange words to our ears and we want to know what these things mean.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For you bring some strange things to our ears: we wish to understand then what these things mean.

Godbey New Testament
For you bring certain strange things to our hearing: therefore we desire to know what these things wish to be.

Haweis New Testament
For thou bringest some strange stories to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean.

Mace New Testament
for what you say sounds so very strange, we should be glad to know what it means.

Weymouth New Testament
For the things you are saying sound strange to us. We should therefore like to be told exactly what they 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.
















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