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Acts 16:20
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KJ21
and brought them to the magistrates, saying, “These men, being Jews, trouble our city exceedingly,
ASV
and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
AMP
and when they had brought them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, who are Jews, are throwing our city into confusion and causing trouble.
AMPC
And when they had brought them before the magistrates, they declared, These fellows are Jews and they are throwing our city into great confusion.
BRG
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
CSB
Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews
CSBA
Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, ‘These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews
CEB
When her owners approached the legal authorities, they said, “These people are causing an uproar in our city. They are Jews
CJB
Bringing them to the judges, they said, “These men are causing a lot of trouble in our city, since they are Jews.
CEV
They told the officials, “These Jews are upsetting our city!
DARBY
and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
DLNT
And having brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews.
DRA
And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews;
ERV
They brought Paul and Silas before the Roman officials and said, “These men are Jews, and they are making trouble in our city.
EASY
They asked the important officers to judge them. They said, ‘These men are Jews. They are causing much trouble in our city.
EHV
They had brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are throwing our city into a state of confusion. They are Jews,
ESV
And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.
ESVUK
And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.
EXB
They brought Paul and Silas to the ·Roman rulers [magistrates] and said, “These men are Jews and are ·making trouble in [disturbing] our city.
GNV
And brought them to the governors, saying, These men which are Jews trouble our city,
GW
In front of the Roman officials, they said, “These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They’re Jews,
GNT
They brought them before the Roman officials and said, “These men are Jews, and they are causing trouble in our city.
HCSB
Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews
ICB
Here they brought Paul and Silas to the Roman rulers and said, “These men are Jews and are making trouble in our city.
ISV
They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They are Jews
PHILLIPS
And it came out immediately. but when the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money out of her had disappeared, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the market-square. There they brought them before the chief magistrates, and said, “These men are Jews and are causing a great disturbance in our city. They are proclaiming customs which it is illegal for us as Roman citizens to accept or practise.”
JUB
and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city
KJV
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
AKJV
and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
LSB
and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
LEB
And when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
TLB
“These Jews are corrupting our city,” they shouted. “They are teaching the people to do things that are against the Roman laws.”
MSG
When her owners saw that their lucrative little business was suddenly bankrupt, they went after Paul and Silas, roughed them up and dragged them into the market square. Then the police arrested them and pulled them into a court with the accusation, “These men are disturbing the peace—dangerous Jewish agitators subverting our Roman law and order.” By this time the crowd had turned into a restless mob out for blood. The judges went along with the mob, had Paul and Silas’s clothes ripped off and ordered a public beating. After beating them black-and-blue, they threw them into jail, telling the jailkeeper to put them under heavy guard so there would be no chance of escape. He did just that—threw them into the maximum security cell in the jail and clamped leg irons on them.
MEV
And they brought them to the magistrates, saying, “These men, being Jews, greatly trouble our city
MOUNCE
And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These · men are Jews, and they are disturbing our · city
NOG
In front of the Roman officials, they said, “These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They’re Jews,
NABRE
They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These people are Jews and are disturbing our city
NASB
and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble,
NASB1995
and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
NCB
They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are causing a disturbance in our city. They are Jews,
NCV
They brought Paul and Silas to the Roman rulers and said, “These men are Jews and are making trouble in our city.
NET
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
NIRV
They brought them to the judges. “These men are Jews,” her owners said. “They are making trouble in our city.
NIV
They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
NIVUK
They brought them before the magistrates and said, ‘These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
NKJV
And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city;
NLV
After they brought them in front of the leaders, they said, “These men are Jews and are making a lot of trouble in our city.
NLT
“The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!” they shouted to the city officials.
NMB
and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men are troubling our city. They are Jews, and preach customs
NRSVA
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, ‘These men are disturbing our city; they are Jews
NRSVACE
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, ‘These men are disturbing our city; they are Jews
NRSVCE
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men are disturbing our city; they are Jews
NRSVUE
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men, these Jews, are disturbing our city
NTFE
and presented them to the magistrates. “These men,” they said, “are throwing our city into an uproar! They are Jews,
OJB
And having brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These anashim, being Jews, are disturbing our city,”
RGT
And they brought them to the governors, saying, “These Jewish men trouble our city,
RSV
and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, “These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city.
RSVCE
and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, “These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city.
TLV
And when they brought them to the chief authorities, they said, “These men are throwing our city into an uproar! Being Jewish,
VOICE
Slave Owners: These men are troublemakers, disturbing the peace of our great city. They are from some Jewish sect,
WEB
When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city
WE
When they had brought them before the judges, they said, `These men are Jews. And they are making much trouble in our city.
WYC
And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, These men disturb our city [These men distrouble our city], for they be Jews,
YLT
and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, `These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;
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