Acts 28:5
King James Version (KJV)
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
In context
3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
Acts 28:5 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
- WEB World English Bible
- However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,
- DBY Darby Translation
- He however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he shook off the animal into the fire, and felt no harm.