Verse Comparison: Acts 8:17
American Standard Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Amplified® Bible
Then [the apostles] laid their hands on them one by one, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Contemporary English Version
Peter and John then placed their hands on everyone who had faith in the Lord, and they were given the Holy Spirit.
Darby English Version
Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.
Good News Bible
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
International Standard Version
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
King James Version
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
New American Standard Bible
Then they {began} laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
New International Version
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
New King James Version
Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then they began laying their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Young's Literal Translation
then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.