Verse Comparison: Acts 16:35
American Standard Version
But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
Amplified® Bible
But when it was day, the magistrates sent policemen, saying, Release those fellows {and} let them go.
Contemporary English Version
The next morning the officials sent some police with orders for the jailer to let Paul and Silas go.
Darby English Version
And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.
Good News Bible
The next morning the Roman authorities sent police officers with the order, "Let those men go."
International Standard Version
When day came, the magistrates sent guards and said, "Release those men."
King James Version
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
New American Standard Bible
Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men."
New International Version
When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men."
New King James Version
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Let those men go.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men."
Young's Literal Translation
And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, `Let those men go;'