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Young's Literal Translation
Acts 2:8
and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?
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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 Life Bible
How is it that each one of us can hear his own language?
How is it that each one of us can hear his own language?
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?
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 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven, 6 and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect, 7 and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, `Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea also, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia also, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya, that [are] along Cyrene, and the strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we did hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.' 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, `What would this wish to be?' 13 and others mocking said, -- `They are full of sweet 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
And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
Genesis 2:9
and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:24
yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.
yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,
And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,
2 Kings 19:12
did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Thelassar?
did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Thelassar?
Isaiah 51:3
For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.
For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur -- Chilmad -- [are] thy merchants,
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur -- Chilmad -- [are] thy merchants,
Ezekiel 28:13
In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.
In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.
Ezekiel 31:16
From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth -- the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters.
From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth -- the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters.
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.
