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Acts 2:8
How is it that each one of us can hear his own language?
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Christian Standard Bible®
How is it that each of us can hear them in our own native language?
How is it that each of us can hear them in our own native language?
King James Version (1611)
And how heare we euery man in our owne tongue, wherein we were borne?
And how heare we euery man in our owne tongue, wherein we were borne?
King James Version
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
English Standard Version
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
New American Standard Bible
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
New Century Version
Then how is it possible that we each hear them in our own languages? We are from different places:
Then how is it possible that we each hear them in our own languages? We are from different places:
Amplified Bible
"Then how is it that each of us hears in our own language or native dialect?
"Then how is it that each of us hears in our own language or native dialect?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
Legacy Standard Bible
And how is it that we each hear them in our own language in which we were born?
And how is it that we each hear them in our own language in which we were born?
Berean Standard Bible
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
Contemporary English Version
Then why do we hear them speaking our very own languages?
Then why do we hear them speaking our very own languages?
Complete Jewish Bible
How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages?
How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages?
Darby Translation
and how do *we* hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,
and how do *we* hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,
Easy-to-Read Version
But we hear them in our own languages. How is this possible? We are from all these different places:
But we hear them in our own languages. How is this possible? We are from all these different places:
Geneva Bible (1587)
How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne?
How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne?
George Lamsa Translation
How is it that we hear every man in our own native language?
How is it that we hear every man in our own native language?
Good News Translation
How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?
How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?
Lexham English Bible
And how do we hear, each one of us, in our own native language?
And how do we hear, each one of us, in our own native language?
Literal Translation
And how do we hear each in our own dialect in which we were born,
And how do we hear each in our own dialect in which we were born,
American Standard Version
And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?
And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?
Bible in Basic English
And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?
And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?
Hebrew Names Version
How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
International Standard Version
So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language?in our language in which we were born">[fn]
So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language?in our language in which we were born">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
How hear we (then) each in his own tongue in which we were born?
How hear we (then) each in his own tongue in which we were born?
Murdock Translation
And how do we hear, each his own language, in which we were born?
And how do we hear, each his own language, in which we were born?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne?
And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne?
English Revised Version
And how hear we, every man in our own language, wherein we were born?
And how hear we, every man in our own language, wherein we were born?
World English Bible
How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And how hear we every one, in our own native language?
And how hear we every one, in our own native language?
Weymouth's New Testament
How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?
How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and hou herden we ech man his langage in which we ben borun?
and hou herden we ech man his langage in which we ben borun?
Update Bible Version
And how do we hear every man in our own language wherein we were born?
And how do we hear every man in our own language wherein we were born?
Webster's Bible Translation
And how do we hear every man in our own language, wherein we were born?
And how do we hear every man in our own language, wherein we were born?
New English Translation
And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
New King James Version
And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?
And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?
New Living Translation
and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!
and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!
New Revised Standard
And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?
And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How then do, we, hear each one in our own language in which we were born?
How then do, we, hear each one in our own language in which we were born?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?
And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?
Revised Standard Version
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And how heare we every man his awne touge wherein we were boren?
And how heare we every man his awne touge wherein we were boren?
Young's Literal Translation
and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?
and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How heare we the euery one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne?
How heare we the euery one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne?
Mace New Testament (1729)
how comes it then that we hear every man talking in our own native tongue?
how comes it then that we hear every man talking in our own native tongue?
Simplified Cowboy Version
How can they speak our languages?
How can they speak our languages?
Contextual Overview
5 There were many religious Jews staying in Jerusalem. They were from every country of the world. 6 When they heard this strange sound, they gathered together. They all listened! It was hard for them to believe they were hearing words in their own language. 7 They were surprised and wondered about it. They said to each other, "Are not these Galileans who are speaking? 8 How is it that each one of us can hear his own language? 9 We are Parthians and Medes, Elamites and from the countries of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and in the countries of Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene. Some have come from the city of Rome. Some are Jews by birth and others have become Jews. 11 Some are also men of the countries of Crete and Arabia. They are speaking of the powerful works of God to all of us in our own language!" 12 They were all surprised and wondered about this. They said to each other, "What can this mean?" 13 But others laughed and made fun, saying, "These men are full of new wine."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:11 - What is this Psalms 145:12 - make known 1 Corinthians 12:28 - diversities
Cross-References
Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a garden to the east in Eden. He put the man there whom He had made.
The Lord God planted a garden to the east in Eden. He put the man there whom He had made.
Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good for food. And He made the tree of life grow in the center of the garden, and the tree of learning of good and bad.
And the Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good for food. And He made the tree of life grow in the center of the garden, and the tree of learning of good and bad.
Genesis 3:24
So He drove the man out. And He placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden with a sword of fire that turned every way. They kept watch over the path to the tree of life.
So He drove the man out. And He placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden with a sword of fire that turned every way. They kept watch over the path to the tree of life.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went away from the face of the Lord, and stayed in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Then Cain went away from the face of the Lord, and stayed in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Lot looked and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
2 Kings 19:12
Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed save them? Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar, were destroyed.
Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed save them? Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar, were destroyed.
Isaiah 51:3
For the Lord will comfort Zion. He will comfort all her waste places. He will make her desert like Eden, like the garden of the Lord. Joy and happiness will be found in her. There will be much giving of thanks and much singing.
For the Lord will comfort Zion. He will comfort all her waste places. He will make her desert like Eden, like the garden of the Lord. Joy and happiness will be found in her. There will be much giving of thanks and much singing.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every stone of great worth covered you: ruby, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, chrysolite, turquoise, and emerald. And you had beautiful objects of gold. They were made for you when you were made.
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every stone of great worth covered you: ruby, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, chrysolite, turquoise, and emerald. And you had beautiful objects of gold. They were made for you when you were made.
Ezekiel 31:16
I will make the nations shake in fear at the sound of its fall when I send it to the place of the dead with those who go down to the grave. Then all the well-watered trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, will be comforted in the earth below.
I will make the nations shake in fear at the sound of its fall when I send it to the place of the dead with those who go down to the grave. Then all the well-watered trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, will be comforted in the earth below.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And how hear we every man in our own tongue,.... Them speaking, as the Ethiopic version reads; that is, we everyone of us hear one or another, speak in the same language,
wherein we were born; our native language; for though these men were Jews by descent, yet were born and brought up in other countries, which language they spake; and not the Hebrew, or Syriac, or Chaldee.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wherein we were born - That is, as we say, in our native language; what is spoken where we were born.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 2:8. How hear we every man in our own tongue — Some have supposed from this that the miracle was not so much wrought on the disciples as on their hearers: imagining that, although the disciples spoke their own tongue, yet every man so understood what was spoken as if it had been spoken in the language in which he was born. Though this is by no means so likely as the opinion which states that the disciples themselves spoke all these different languages, yet the miracle is the same, howsoever it be taken; for it must require as much of the miraculous power of God to enable an Arab to understand a Galilean, as to enable a Galilean to speak Arabic. But that the gift of tongues was actually given to the apostles, we have the fullest proof; as we find particular ordinances laid down by those very apostles for the regulation of the exercise of this gift; see 1 Corinthians 14:1, &c.
