Acts 17:22
World English Bible (WEB)
Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
In context
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.
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
Acts 17:22 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
- KJV King James Version
- Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, 'Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.