Acts 10:11
World English Bible (WEB)
He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
In context
9 Now on the next day as they were on their journey and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
10 He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
11 He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
12 in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
13 A voice came to him, “Rise, Peter, kill and eat!”
Acts 10:11 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
- KJV King James Version
- And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
- ASV American Standard Version
- and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,
- DBY Darby Translation
- and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, [bound] by [the] four corners [and] let down to the earth;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: