Acts 16:17

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

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15 And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

16 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

17 This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

18 She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

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Acts 16:17 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
KJV King James Version: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
WEB World English Bible: Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
ASV American Standard Version: The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'
DBY Darby Translation: She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you [the] way of salvation.
WBS Webster Bible: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who show to us the way of salvation.