Acts 11:8

Mace New Testament

but I said, Lord, by no means: for I never did eat any thing impure, and defiled.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
"'I can't do it,' I said to the Lord. 'I ain't never eaten unclean stuff and I'm not gonna start now.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Legacy Standard Bible
But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing defiled or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Bible in Basic English
But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

Darby Translation
And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

New King James Version
But I said, "Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.'

Christian Standard Bible®
"‘No, Lord!' I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

World English Bible
But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But I said, In no wise, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

Weymouth's New Testament
"`On no account, Lord,' I replied, `for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.'

King James Version (1611)
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or vncleane hath at any time entred into my mouth.

Literal Translation
But I said, Not at all, Lord, because never has anything common or unclean entered into my mouth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But I sayde: Oh no, LORDE, for there neuer entred eny commen or vncleane thinge in to my mouth.

Amplified Bible
"But I said, 'Not at all, Lord; for nothing common (unholy) or [ceremonially] unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

American Standard Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

Revised Standard Version
But I said, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And I sayd: God forbyd lorde for nothinge comen or vnclene hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth.

Update Bible Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

New Century Version
But I said, ‘No, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is unholy or unclean.'

New English Translation
But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

Berean Standard Bible
'No, Lord,' I said, 'for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Contemporary English Version
But I said, "Lord, I can't do that! I've never taken a bite of anything that is unclean and not fit to eat."

Complete Jewish Bible
I said, ‘No, sir! Absolutely not! Nothing unclean or treif has ever entered my mouth!'

English Standard Version
But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I said, God forbid, Lord: for nothing polluted or vncleane hath at any time entred into my mouth.

George Lamsa Translation
And I said, Far be it, my Lord: for never has anything defiled and unclean entered my mouth.

Hebrew Names Version
But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

International Standard Version
But I replied, 'Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

Etheridge Translation
And I said, Not so, my Lord; for nothing hath entered my mouth that is unclean or profane. [fn]

Murdock Translation
And I said: Far be it, my Lord. For never hath any thing polluted or unclean entered my mouth.

New Living Translation
"‘No, Lord,' I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean.'

New Life Bible
But I said, ‘No, Lord! Nothing that is unclean has ever gone into my mouth.'

English Revised Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

New Revised Standard
But I replied, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But I said - By no means, Lord, because, a common or unclean thing, hath at no time entered into my mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said: Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

King James Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

Lexham English Bible
But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth!'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But I sayde, Not so Lorde: For nothyng common or vncleane hath at any tyme entred into my mouth.

Easy-to-Read Version
"But I said, ‘I can't do that, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is not pure or fit to be used for food.'

New American Standard Bible
"But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Good News Translation
But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord! No ritually unclean or defiled food has ever entered my mouth.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y seide, Nay, Lord; for comyn thing ether vnclene entride neuer in to my mouth.

Contextual Overview

¹ In the mean time, the apostles, and the brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles had likewise receiv'd the word of God. ² and when Peter was return'd to Jerusalem, the Jewish converts objected to his conduct, ³ and ask'd him, why did you go to eat with the uncircumcised? ⁴ but Peter represented the whole affair to them, ⁵ saying, as I was at prayers in Joppa, I saw something like a great sheet, tied at the four corners, which descended from heaven, and came just to me. ⁶ as I was considering it very attentively, I saw several quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. ⁷ then I heard a voice, which said, rise, Peter; kill and eat. ⁸ but I said, Lord, by no means: for I never did eat any thing impure, and defiled. ⁹ but the voice from heaven address'd it self to me again, and said, don't call that impure, which God has purified. ¹⁰ this was done three times, and then the whole scene was mounted to heaven.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

common: Mark 7:2, Romans 14:14

unclean: Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 11:47, Ezra 9:11, Ezra 9:12, Hosea 9:3, Romans 14:14, 1 Corinthians 7:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:18 - Not so Joshua 22:19 - unclean Matthew 15:11 - that which goeth Mark 7:15 - nothing

Cross-References

Luke 1:51
he hath displayed the strength of his arm, and has confounded the proud by the devices of their hearts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I said, not so, Lord,.... For he took the voice he heard to be the voice of the Lord, and yet he was not obedient to the heavenly vision, and even though he was an hungry; which shows what a strict observer he was of the ceremonies of the law, and how much he was prejudiced in favour of them:

for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth; he had not suffered anything to come within his lips; he had not even tasted, and much less ate anything that was forbidden by the ceremonial law, so strictly had he observed it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Acts 10:9-33.