Acts 2:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?”

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BSBPD

“How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 2:8 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 145:12to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.
  2. 1 Corinthians 12:28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

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