Acts 11:8

Tyndale New Testament

And I sayd: God forbyd lorde for nothinge comen or vnclene hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing impure or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

King James Version (1611)
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or vncleane hath at any time entred into my mouth.

King James Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

English Standard Version
But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

New American Standard Bible
"But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

New Century Version
But I said, ‘No, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is unholy or unclean.'

Amplified Bible
"But I said, 'Not at all, Lord; for nothing common (unholy) or [ceremonially] unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Legacy Standard Bible
But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing defiled or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Berean Standard Bible
'No, Lord,' I said, 'for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Contemporary English Version
But I said, "Lord, I can't do that! I've never taken a bite of anything that is unclean and not fit to eat."

Complete Jewish Bible
I said, ‘No, sir! Absolutely not! Nothing unclean or treif has ever entered my mouth!'

Darby Translation
And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

Easy-to-Read Version
"But I said, ‘I can't do that, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is not pure or fit to be used for food.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I said, God forbid, Lord: for nothing polluted or vncleane hath at any time entred into my mouth.

George Lamsa Translation
And I said, Far be it, my Lord: for never has anything defiled and unclean entered my mouth.

Good News Translation
But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord! No ritually unclean or defiled food has ever entered my mouth.'

Lexham English Bible
But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth!'

Literal Translation
But I said, Not at all, Lord, because never has anything common or unclean entered into my mouth.

American Standard Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

Bible in Basic English
But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

Hebrew Names Version
But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

International Standard Version
But I replied, 'Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

Etheridge Translation
And I said, Not so, my Lord; for nothing hath entered my mouth that is unclean or profane. [fn]

Murdock Translation
And I said: Far be it, my Lord. For never hath any thing polluted or unclean entered my mouth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But I sayde, Not so Lorde: For nothyng common or vncleane hath at any tyme entred into my mouth.

English Revised Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

World English Bible
But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But I said, In no wise, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

Weymouth's New Testament
"`On no account, Lord,' I replied, `for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y seide, Nay, Lord; for comyn thing ether vnclene entride neuer in to my mouth.

Update Bible Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

New English Translation
But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

New King James Version
But I said, "Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.'

New Living Translation
"‘No, Lord,' I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean.'

New Life Bible
But I said, ‘No, Lord! Nothing that is unclean has ever gone into my mouth.'

New Revised Standard
But I replied, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But I said - By no means, Lord, because, a common or unclean thing, hath at no time entered into my mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said: Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

Revised Standard Version
But I said, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Young's Literal Translation
and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But I sayde: Oh no, LORDE, for there neuer entred eny commen or vncleane thinge in to my mouth.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but I said, Lord, by no means: for I never did eat any thing impure, and defiled.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"'I can't do it,' I said to the Lord. 'I ain't never eaten unclean stuff and I'm not gonna start now.'

Contextual Overview

¹ And the Apostles and the brethren that were thorowout Iewry harde saye that the hethen had also receaved the worde of God. ² And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they of the circumcision reasoned wyth him ³ sayinge: Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised and atest with them. ⁴ Then Peter began and expounded ye thinge in order to the sayinge: ⁵ I was in the cyte of Ioppa prayinge and in a traunce I sawe a vision a certen vessell descende as it had bene a large lynnyn clothe let doune from hevin by the fower corners and it cam to me. ⁶ Into the which when I had fastened myn eyes I consydered and sawe fowerfoted beastes of ye erth and vermen and wormes and foules of the ayer. ⁷ And I herde a voyce sayinge vnto me: aryse Peter sley and eate. ⁸ And I sayd: God forbyd lorde for nothinge comen or vnclene hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth. ⁹ But the voyce answered me agayne from heven cout not thou those thinges come which god hath clensed. ¹⁰ And this was done thre tymes. And all were takin vp agayne into heven.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

common: Mark 7:2, Romans 14:14

unclean: Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 11:47, Ezra 9:11, Ezra 9:12, Hosea 9:3, Romans 14:14, 1 Corinthians 7:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:18 - Not so Joshua 22:19 - unclean Matthew 15:11 - that which goeth Mark 7:15 - nothing

Cross-References

Luke 1:51
He sheweth strength with his arme he scattereth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hertes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I said, not so, Lord,.... For he took the voice he heard to be the voice of the Lord, and yet he was not obedient to the heavenly vision, and even though he was an hungry; which shows what a strict observer he was of the ceremonies of the law, and how much he was prejudiced in favour of them:

for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth; he had not suffered anything to come within his lips; he had not even tasted, and much less ate anything that was forbidden by the ceremonial law, so strictly had he observed it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Acts 10:9-33.