• Acts 28:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 4 When the foreign-speaking people caught sight of the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another: “Surely this man is a murderer, and although he made it to safety from the sea, Justice* did not permit him to keep on living.”

  • Acts 28:4
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 4 ὡς As δὲ but εἶδαν saw οἱ the βάρβαροι barbarians κρεμάμενον hanging τὸ the θηρίον wild beast ἐκ out of τῆς the χειρὸς hand αὐτοῦ, of him, πρὸς toward ἀλλήλους one another ἔλεγον they were saying Πάντως By all means φονεύς murderer ἐστιν is ὁ the ἄνθρωπος man οὗτος this ὃν whom διασωθέντα having been saved through ἐκ out of τῆς the θαλάσσης sea ἡ the δίκη justice ζῇν to be living οὐκ not εἴασεν. permitted.

  • Acts 28:4
    The Bible in Living English

    • 4 And when the natives saw the creature hanging to his hand they said to each other “Decidedly this man is a murderer who has come safe in from the sea but whom Justice would not let live.”

  • Acts 28:4
    American Standard Version

    • 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.

  • Acts 28:4
    King James Version

    • 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.