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 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?

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

9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

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What Does Acts 2:8 Mean?

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