Acts 11:8
World English Bible (WEB)
But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
In context
6 When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.
7 I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’
8 But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
9 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’
10 This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Acts 11:8 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
- KJV King James Version
- But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.