Acts 17:21
World English Bible (WEB)
Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
In context
19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
Acts 17:21 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
- KJV King James Version
- (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.)
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
- ASV American Standard Version
- (Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.
- WBS Webster Bible
- (For all the Athenians and strangers who were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)