Verse Comparison: Acts 17:20
American Standard Version
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
Amplified® Bible
For you set forth some startling things, foreign {and} strange to our ears; we wish to know therefore just what these things mean--
Contemporary English Version
We have heard you say some strange things, and we want to know what you mean."
Darby English Version
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
Good News Bible
Some of the things we hear you say sound strange to us, and we would like to know what they mean."
International Standard Version
It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means."
King James Version
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
New American Standard Bible
"For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."
New International Version
You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean."
New King James Version
For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For you bring some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."
Young's Literal Translation
for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'