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 Au bruit qui eut lieu, la multitude accourut, et elle fut confondue parce que chacun les entendait parler dans sa propre langue.

7 Ils étaient tous dans l’étonnement et la surprise, et ils se disaient les uns aux autres: Voici, ces gens qui parlent ne sont-ils pas tous Galiléens?

8 Et comment les entendons-nous dans notre propre langue à chacun, dans notre langue maternelle?

9 Parthes, Mèdes, Élamites, ceux qui habitent la Mésopotamie, la Judée, la Cappadoce, le Pont, l’Asie,

10 la Phrygie, la Pamphylie, l’Égypte, le territoire de la Libye voisine de Cyrène, et ceux qui sont venus de Rome, Juifs et prosélytes,

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What Does Acts 2:8 Mean?

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