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Acts 16:25
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KJ21
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them.
ASV
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
AMP
But about midnight when Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
AMPC
But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them,
BRG
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
CSB
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
CSBA
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
CEB
Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
CJB
Around midnight, Sha’ul and Sila were praying and singing hymns to God, while the other prisoners listened attentively.
CEV
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, while the other prisoners listened.
DARBY
And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.
DLNT
And about midnight Paul and Silas were singing-praise-to God while praying. And the prisoners were listening-to them.
DRA
And at midnight, Paul and Silas praying, praised God. And they that were in prison, heard them.
ERV
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
EASY
At midnight, Paul and Silas were praying. They were also singing songs to praise God. The other people in the prison were listening to them.
EHV
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
ESV
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
ESVUK
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
EXB
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing ·songs [hymns; praise songs] to God as the other prisoners listened.
GNV
Now at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung Psalms unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
GW
Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
GNT
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
HCSB
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
ICB
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
ISV
Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
PHILLIPS
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God while the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, big enough to shake the foundations of the prison. Immediately all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the doors of the prison had been opened he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, for he imagined that all the prisoners had escaped. But Paul called out to him at the top of his voice, “Don’t hurt yourself—we are all here!”
JUB
¶ But at midnight as Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them,
KJV
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
AKJV
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
LSB
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
LEB
Now about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
TLB
Around midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to the Lord—and the other prisoners were listening—
MSG
Along about midnight, Paul and Silas were at prayer and singing a robust hymn to God. The other prisoners couldn’t believe their ears. Then, without warning, a huge earthquake! The jailhouse tottered, every door flew open, all the prisoners were loose.
MEV
At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
MOUNCE
About · · midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to · God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
NOG
Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
NABRE
About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God as the prisoners listened,
NASB
Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
NASB1995
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
NCB
About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
NCV
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God as the other prisoners listened.
NET
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
NIRV
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying. They were also singing hymns to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
NIV
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
NIVUK
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
NKJV
But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
NLV
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs of thanks to God. The other men in prison were listening to them.
NLT
Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
NMB
At midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and lauding God, and the prisoners heard them.
NRSVA
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
NRSVACE
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
NRSVCE
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
NRSVUE
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
NTFE
Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
OJB
And about chatzot halailah Rav Sha’ul and Sila were davening and were singing niggunim to Hashem, and the prisoners were listening to them.
RGT
Now at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and sang Psalms to God. And the prisoners heard them.
RSV
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
RSVCE
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
TLV
But about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
VOICE
Picture this: It’s midnight. In the darkness of their cell, Paul and Silas—after surviving the severe beating—aren’t moaning and groaning; they’re praying and singing hymns to God. The prisoners in adjoining cells are wide awake, listening to them pray and sing.
WEB
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
WE
At midnight, Paul and Silas were talking with God. They were singing and praising God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
WYC
And at midnight Paul and Silas worshipped, and praised God; and they that were in [the] keeping heard them.
YLT
And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,
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