Acts 2:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?”

Acts 2:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Acts 2:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Acts 2:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?”

Acts 2:8 — World English Bible

Acts 2:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?”

Acts 2:8 — American Standard Version

Acts 2:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?”

Acts 2:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Acts 2:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and how do we hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,”

Acts 2:8 — Darby Translation

Acts 2:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne?”

Acts 2:8 — Geneva Bible

Acts 2:8 in Context — Acts 2

6 Y hecho este estruendo, juntóse la multitud; y estaban confusos, porque cada uno les oía hablar su propia lengua.

7 Y estaban atónitos y maravillados, diciendo: He aquí ¿no son Galileos todos estos que hablan?

8 ¿Cómo, pues, les oímos nosotros [hablar] cada uno en nuestra lengua en que somos nacidos?

9 Partos y Medos, y Elamitas, y los que habitamos en Mesopotamia, en Judea y en Capadocia, en el Ponto y en Asia,

10 En Phrygia y Pamphylia, en Egipto y en las partes de Africa que está de la otra parte de Cirene, y Romanos extranjeros, tanto Judíos como convertidos,

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What Does Acts 2:8 Mean?

Acts 2:8 is a verse from the Book of Acts, part of the New Testament. It appears in Acts chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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