Acts 17:16
World English Bible (WEB)
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
In context
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 17:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
- KJV King James Version
- Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Now, while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.