Acts 17:21
“(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 17:21 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
American Standard Version (ASV)English
(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)
Open English Bible (OEB)English
(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Alle Athener aber und die Fremden, die sich da aufhielten, brachten ihre Zeit mit nichts anderem zu, als etwas Neues zu sagen und zu hören.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
(Entonces todos los Atenienses y los huéspedes extranjeros, en ninguna otra cosa entendían, sino ó en decir ó en oir alguna cosa nueva.)
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
(E todos os atenienses e visitantes estrangeiros não se ocupavam de nenhuma outra coisa, a não ser em dizer e ouvir alguma novidade).
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
(Todos os atenienses e estrangeiros que ali viviam não gastavam seu tempo com nada além de contar ou ouvir sobre novidades).
📖 Acts 17:21 in Context
19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
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