Prayer for Boldness
a‘Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
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American Standard Version
And they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done.
Amplified® Bible
Then when [the rulers and council members] had further threatened them, they let them go, not seeing how they could secure a conviction against them because of the people; for everybody was praising {and} glorifying God for what had occurred.
Contemporary English Version
The officials could not find any reason to punish Peter and John. So they threatened them and let them go. The man who was healed by this miracle was more than forty years old, and everyone was praising God for what had happened.
Darby English Version
But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;
Good News Bible
So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free. They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had happened.
International Standard Version
So they threatened them even more and then let them go. They couldn't find any way to punish them, because all the people continued to praise God for what had happened.
King James Version
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
New American Standard Bible
When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;
New International Version
After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
New King James Version
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they all glorified God for what had happened;
Young's Literal Translation
And they having further threatened `them', let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,
New English Translation
After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising1 God for what had happened.
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