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Acts 21:14
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KJ21
And when he would not be dissuaded, we ceased, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.”
ASV
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
AMP
And since he would not be dissuaded, we stopped pleading and fell silent, saying, “The Lord’s will be done!”
AMPC
And when he would not yield to [our] persuading, we stopped [urging and imploring him], saying, The Lord’s will be done!
BRG
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
CSB
Since he would not be persuaded, we said no more except, “The Lord’s will be done.”
CSBA
Since he would not be persuaded, we said no more except, ‘The Lord’s will be done.’
CEB
Since we couldn’t talk him out of it, the only thing we could say was, “The Lord’s will be done.”
CJB
And when he would not be convinced, we said, “May the Lord’s will be done,” and kept quiet.
CEV
Since we could not get Paul to change his mind, we gave up and prayed, “Lord, please make us willing to do what you want.”
DARBY
And when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
DLNT
And he not being persuaded, we were quiet, having said, “Let the Lord’s will be done”.
DRA
And when we could not persuade him, we ceased, saying: The will of the Lord be done.
ERV
We could not persuade him to stay away from Jerusalem. So we stopped begging him and said, “We pray that what the Lord wants will be done.”
EASY
We could not cause Paul to think in a different way. So we stopped saying to him, ‘You should not go to Jerusalem.’ Instead we said to him, ‘We want the Lord God to do what he wants.’
EHV
Since he could not be persuaded, we said nothing more except, “May the Lord’s will be done.”
ESV
And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
ESVUK
And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
EXB
We could not ·persuade him to stay away from Jerusalem [L persuade/convince him]. So we ·stopped begging him [L remained silent] and said, “·We pray that what the Lord wants will [L Let the Lord’s will] be done.”
GNV
So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
GW
When Paul could not be persuaded, we dropped the issue and said, “May the Lord’s will be done.”
GNT
We could not convince him, so we gave up and said, “May the Lord's will be done.”
HCSB
Since he would not be persuaded, we stopped talking and simply said, “The Lord’s will be done!”
ICB
We could not persuade him to stay away from Jerusalem. So we stopped begging him and said, “We pray that what the Lord wants will be done.”
ISV
When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, “May the Lord’s will be done.”
PHILLIPS
Since he could not be dissuaded all we could do was to say, “May the Lord’s will be done,” and hold our tongues.
JUB
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, Let the will of the Lord be done.
KJV
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
AKJV
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
LSB
And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, “The will of the Lord be done!”
LEB
And because he would not be persuaded, we remained silent, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.”
TLB
When it was clear that he wouldn’t be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The will of the Lord be done.”
MSG
We saw that we weren’t making even a dent in his resolve, and gave up. “It’s in God’s hands now,” we said. “Master, you handle it.”
MEV
When he would not be persuaded, we kept silent and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
MOUNCE
And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
NOG
When Paul could not be persuaded, we dropped the issue and said, “May the Lord’s will be done.”
NABRE
Since he would not be dissuaded we let the matter rest, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
NASB
And since he would not be persuaded, we became quiet, remarking, “The will of the Lord be done!”
NASB1995
And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, “The will of the Lord be done!”
NCB
Since he would not be dissuaded, we finally gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
NCV
We could not persuade him to stay away from Jerusalem. So we stopped begging him and said, “We pray that what the Lord wants will be done.”
NET
Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, “The Lord’s will be done.”
NIRV
We couldn’t change his mind. So we gave up. We said, “May what the Lord wants to happen be done.”
NIV
When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
NIVUK
When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, ‘The Lord’s will be done.’
NKJV
So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.”
NLV
Paul would not listen to us. So we stopped begging him and said, “May whatever God wants be done.”
NLT
When it was clear that we couldn’t persuade him, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
NMB
When we could not turn his mind, we gave up, saying, May the will of the Lord be fulfilled.
NRSVA
Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, ‘The Lord’s will be done.’
NRSVACE
Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, ‘The Lord’s will be done.’
NRSVCE
Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, “The Lord’s will be done.”
NRSVUE
Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, “The Lord’s will be done.”
NTFE
When we realized we couldn’t dissuade him, we gave up the attempt. “May the Lord’s will be done,” was all we said.
OJB
And not persuading him, we remained silent, having said, "Let the ratzon Hashem be done."
RGT
So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.”
RSV
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “The will of the Lord be done.”
RSVCE
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “The will of the Lord be done.”
TLV
Since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying only, “May the Lord’s will be done.”
VOICE
We realized our persuasion was fruitless, so we stopped pleading with him and simply said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
WEB
When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
WE
So when we saw that he would not change his mind, we stopped begging him. We said, `May the Lord do what he wants to be done.'
WYC
And when we might not counsel him, we were still, and said [saying], The will of the Lord be done.
YLT
and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, `The will of the Lord be done.'
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