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the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Acts 2:8
Then why do we hear them speaking our very own languages?
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Simplified Cowboy Version
How can they speak our languages?
How can they speak our languages?
Legacy Standard Bible
And how is it that we each hear them in our own language in which we were born?
And how is it that we each hear them in our own language in which we were born?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
Bible in Basic English
And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?
And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?
Darby Translation
and how do *we* hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,
and how do *we* hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,
New King James Version
And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?
And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?
Christian Standard Bible®
How is it that each of us can hear in our own native language?
How is it that each of us can hear in our own native language?
World English Bible
How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And how hear we every one, in our own native language?
And how hear we every one, in our own native language?
Weymouth's New Testament
How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?
How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?
King James Version (1611)
And how heare we euery man in our owne tongue, wherein we were borne?
And how heare we euery man in our owne tongue, wherein we were borne?
Literal Translation
And how do we hear each in our own dialect in which we were born,
And how do we hear each in our own dialect in which we were born,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How heare we the euery one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne?
How heare we the euery one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne?
Mace New Testament (1729)
how comes it then that we hear every man talking in our own native tongue?
how comes it then that we hear every man talking in our own native tongue?
Amplified Bible
"Then how is it that each of us hears in our own language or native dialect?
"Then how is it that each of us hears in our own language or native dialect?
American Standard Version
And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?
And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?
Revised Standard Version
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And how heare we every man his awne touge wherein we were boren?
And how heare we every man his awne touge wherein we were boren?
Update Bible Version
And how do we hear every man in our own language wherein we were born?
And how do we hear every man in our own language wherein we were born?
Webster's Bible Translation
And how do we hear every man in our own language, wherein we were born?
And how do we hear every man in our own language, wherein we were born?
Young's Literal Translation
and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?
and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?
New Century Version
Then how is it possible that we each hear them in our own languages? We are from different places:
Then how is it possible that we each hear them in our own languages? We are from different places:
New English Translation
And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
Berean Standard Bible
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
Complete Jewish Bible
How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages?
How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages?
English Standard Version
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
Geneva Bible (1587)
How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne?
How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne?
George Lamsa Translation
How is it that we hear every man in our own native language?
How is it that we hear every man in our own native language?
Hebrew Names Version
How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
International Standard Version
So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language?in our language in which we were born">[fn]
So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language?in our language in which we were born">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
How hear we (then) each in his own tongue in which we were born?
How hear we (then) each in his own tongue in which we were born?
Murdock Translation
And how do we hear, each his own language, in which we were born?
And how do we hear, each his own language, in which we were born?
New Living Translation
and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!
and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!
New Life Bible
How is it that each one of us can hear his own language?
How is it that each one of us can hear his own language?
English Revised Version
And how hear we, every man in our own language, wherein we were born?
And how hear we, every man in our own language, wherein we were born?
New Revised Standard
And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?
And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How then do, we, hear each one in our own language in which we were born?
How then do, we, hear each one in our own language in which we were born?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?
And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?
King James Version
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
Lexham English Bible
And how do we hear, each one of us, in our own native language?
And how do we hear, each one of us, in our own native language?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne?
And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne?
Easy-to-Read Version
But we hear them in our own languages. How is this possible? We are from all these different places:
But we hear them in our own languages. How is this possible? We are from all these different places:
New American Standard Bible
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
Good News Translation
How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?
How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and hou herden we ech man his langage in which we ben borun?
and hou herden we ech man his langage in which we ben borun?
Contextual Overview
5 Many religious Jews from every country in the world were living in Jerusalem. 6 And when they heard this noise, a crowd gathered. But they were surprised, because they were hearing everything in their own languages. 7 They were excited and amazed, and said: Don't all these who are speaking come from Galilee? 8 Then why do we hear them speaking our very own languages? 9 Some of us are from Parthia, Media, and Elam. Others are from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, parts of Libya near Cyrene, Rome, 11 Crete, and Arabia. Some of us were born Jews, and others of us have chosen to be Jews. Yet we all hear them using our own languages to tell the wonderful things God has done. 12 Everyone was excited and confused. Some of them even kept asking each other, "What does all this mean?" 13 Others made fun of the Lord's followers and said, "They are drunk."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:11 - What is this Psalms 145:12 - make known 1 Corinthians 12:28 - diversities
Cross-References
Genesis 2:8
The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.
The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
Genesis 3:24
Then God put winged creatures at the entrance to the garden and a flaming, flashing sword to guard the way to the life-giving tree.
Then God put winged creatures at the entrance to the garden and a flaming, flashing sword to guard the way to the life-giving tree.
Genesis 4:16
But Cain had to go far from the Lord and live in the Land of Wandering, which is east of Eden.
But Cain had to go far from the Lord and live in the Land of Wandering, which is east of Eden.
Genesis 13:10
This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt.
This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt.
2 Kings 19:12
The Assyrian kings before me destroyed the towns of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and everyone from Eden who lived in Telassar. What good did their gods do them?
The Assyrian kings before me destroyed the towns of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and everyone from Eden who lived in Telassar. What good did their gods do them?
Isaiah 51:3
Though Zion is in ruins, the Lord will bring comfort, and the city will be as lovely as the garden of Eden that he provided. Then Zion will celebrate; it will be thankful and sing joyful songs.
Though Zion is in ruins, the Lord will bring comfort, and the city will be as lovely as the garden of Eden that he provided. Then Zion will celebrate; it will be thankful and sing joyful songs.
Ezekiel 27:23
You also did business with merchants from the cities of Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad,
You also did business with merchants from the cities of Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad,
Ezekiel 28:13
You lived in the garden of Eden and wore jewelry made of brightly colored gems and precious stones. They were all set in gold and were ready for you on the day you were born.
You lived in the garden of Eden and wore jewelry made of brightly colored gems and precious stones. They were all set in gold and were ready for you on the day you were born.
Ezekiel 31:16
This tree will crash to the ground, and I will send it to the world below. Then the nations of the earth will tremble. The trees from Eden and the choice trees from Lebanon are now in the world of the dead, and they will be comforted when this tree falls.
This tree will crash to the ground, and I will send it to the world below. Then the nations of the earth will tremble. The trees from Eden and the choice trees from Lebanon are now in the world of the dead, and they will be comforted when this tree falls.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And how hear we every man in our own tongue,.... Them speaking, as the Ethiopic version reads; that is, we everyone of us hear one or another, speak in the same language,
wherein we were born; our native language; for though these men were Jews by descent, yet were born and brought up in other countries, which language they spake; and not the Hebrew, or Syriac, or Chaldee.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wherein we were born - That is, as we say, in our native language; what is spoken where we were born.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 2:8. How hear we every man in our own tongue — Some have supposed from this that the miracle was not so much wrought on the disciples as on their hearers: imagining that, although the disciples spoke their own tongue, yet every man so understood what was spoken as if it had been spoken in the language in which he was born. Though this is by no means so likely as the opinion which states that the disciples themselves spoke all these different languages, yet the miracle is the same, howsoever it be taken; for it must require as much of the miraculous power of God to enable an Arab to understand a Galilean, as to enable a Galilean to speak Arabic. But that the gift of tongues was actually given to the apostles, we have the fullest proof; as we find particular ordinances laid down by those very apostles for the regulation of the exercise of this gift; see 1 Corinthians 14:1, &c.
