Acts 17:20
King James Version (KJV)
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
In context
18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
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.)
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
Acts 17:20 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
- WEB World English Bible
- For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
- YLT 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;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.