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Acts 13:16
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KJ21
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said: “Men of Israel and ye that fear God, give audience!
ASV
And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken:
AMP
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, he said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen!
AMPC
So Paul arose, and motioning with his hand said, Men of Israel and you who reverence and fear God, listen!
BRG
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
CSB
Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said, “Fellow Israelites, and you who fear God, listen!
CSBA
Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said, ‘Fellow Israelites, and you who fear God, listen!
CEB
Standing up, Paul gestured with his hand and said, “Fellow Israelites and Gentile God-worshippers, please listen to me.
CJB
So Sha’ul stood, motioned with his hand, and said: “Men of Isra’el and God-fearers, listen!
CEV
Paul got up. He motioned with his hand and said: People of Israel, and everyone else who worships God, listen!
DARBY
And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.
DLNT
And Paul, having stood up, and having motioned with his hand, said “Men, Israelites, and the ones fearing God: listen.
DRA
Then Paul rising up, and with his hand bespeaking silence, said: Ye men of Israel, and you that fear God, give ear.
ERV
Paul stood up, raised his hand to get their attention, and said, “People of Israel and all you others who worship the true God, please listen to me!
EASY
So Paul stood up. He raised his hand towards the people so that they would listen to him. Then he said to them, ‘Some of you are Jews, like us. Some of you are Gentiles who now worship our God. All of you, listen carefully to me.
EHV
Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and said, “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
ESV
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
ESVUK
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
EXB
Paul stood up, ·raised [or motioned with] his hand, and said, “·You Israelites [Men, Israelites] and you who ·worship [L fear] God [C Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel; 10:2], please listen!
GNV
Then Paul stood up and beckoned with the hand, and said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken.
GW
Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and said, “Men of Israel and converts to Judaism, listen to me.
GNT
Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Fellow Israelites and all Gentiles here who worship God: hear me!
HCSB
Then Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said: “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen!
ICB
Paul stood up. He raised his hand and said, “Men of Israel and you other people who worship God, please listen!
ISV
Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen!
PHILLIPS
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, began: “Men of Israel and all of you who fear God, listen to me. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and prospered the people while they were exiles in the land of Egypt. Then he lifted up his arm and led them out of that land. Yes, and he bore with them for forty years in the desert. He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan before he gave them that land as their inheritance for some four hundred and fifty years. After that he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. Then when they begged for a king God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king for forty years. After he deposed him he raised David to the throne, a man of whom God himself bore testimony in the words, ‘I have found David .... the son of Jesse .... a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.’
JUB
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel and ye that fear God hearken.
KJV
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
AKJV
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
LSB
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
LEB
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, he said, “Israelite men, and those who fear God, listen!
TLB
So Paul stood, waved a greeting to them and began. “Men of Israel,” he said, “and all others here who reverence God, let me begin my remarks with a bit of history.
MSG
Paul stood up, paused and took a deep breath, then said, “Fellow Israelites and friends of God, listen. God took a special interest in our ancestors, pulled our people who were beaten down in Egyptian exile to their feet, and led them out of there in grand style. He took good care of them for nearly forty years in that godforsaken wilderness and then, having wiped out seven enemies who stood in the way, gave them the land of Canaan for their very own—a span in all of about 450 years. “Up to the time of Samuel the prophet, God provided judges to lead them. But then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, out of the tribe of Benjamin. After Saul had ruled forty years, God removed him from office and put King David in his place, with this commendation: ‘I’ve searched the land and found this David, son of Jesse. He’s a man whose heart beats to my heart, a man who will do what I tell him.’
MEV
Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
MOUNCE
So Paul stood up, and gesturing with his hand, said, “Men of Israel and you who fear · God, listen:
NOG
Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and said, “Men of Israel and converts to Judaism, listen to me.
NABRE
So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said, “Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
NASB
Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
NASB1995
Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
NCB
Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak, saying, “Listen, men of Israel and you others who fear God!
NCV
Paul stood up, raised his hand, and said, “You Israelites and you who worship God, please listen!
NET
So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, “Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:
NIRV
Paul stood up and motioned with his hand. Then he said, “Fellow Israelites, and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me!
NIV
Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: “Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me!
NIVUK
Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: ‘Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me!
NKJV
Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
NLV
Paul got up. He raised his hand and said, “Jewish men and you who honor God, listen!
NLT
So Paul stood, lifted his hand to quiet them, and started speaking. “Men of Israel,” he said, “and you God-fearing Gentiles, listen to me.
NMB
Then Paul stood up and beckoned with his hand, and said, Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen!
NRSVA
So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak: ‘You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen.
NRSVACE
So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak: ‘You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen.
NRSVCE
So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak: “You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen.
NRSVUE
So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak: “Fellow Israelites and others who fear God, listen.
NTFE
So Paul stood up and motioned with his hand for attention. “Fellow Israelites,” he said, “and the godfearers among you: listen.
OJB
And having got up and having motioned with his hand, Rav Sha’ul said, “Anshei Yisroel, and Yirei Elohim, listen!
RGT
Then Paul stood up and beckoned with the hand, and said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, hear me!
RSV
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.
RSVCE
So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.
TLV
So Paul, standing up and motioning with his hand, said, “Men of Israel and God-fearers, listen.
VOICE
Paul rose to his feet, offered a gesture of greeting, and began his message. Paul: Israelites and other God-fearing people, please hear me.
WEB
Paul stood up, and gesturing with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
WE
Then Paul stood up and put out his hand. He said, `Men of Israel and you who worship and fear God, please listen to me.
WYC
And Paul rose, and with hand bade silence, and said, Men of Israel, and ye that dread God, hear ye. [Forsooth Paul rising, and with hand bidding silence, saith, Men of Israel, and ye that dread God, hear.]
YLT
And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, `Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:
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