Acts 2:4,11
Acts 2:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”
Acts 2:1-4 The Message (MSG)
When the Feast of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Without warning there was a sound like a strong wind, gale force—no one could tell where it came from. It filled the whole building. Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks, and they started speaking in a number of different languages as the Spirit prompted them.
Acts 2:5-11 The Message (MSG)
There were many Jews staying in Jerusalem just then, devout pilgrims from all over the world. When they heard the sound, they came on the run. Then when they heard, one after another, their own mother tongues being spoken, they were blown away. They couldn’t for the life of them figure out what was going on, and kept saying, “Aren’t these all Galileans? How come we’re hearing them talk in our various mother tongues? Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; Visitors from Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene; Immigrants from Rome, both Jews and proselytes; Even Cretans and Arabs! “They’re speaking our languages, describing God’s mighty works!”
Acts 2:4 King James Version (KJV)
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:11 King James Version (KJV)
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Acts 2:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
Acts 2:11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.”
Acts 2:4 New Century Version (NCV)
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak different languages by the power the Holy Spirit was giving them.
Acts 2:11 New Century Version (NCV)
(both Jews and those who had become Jews), Crete, and Arabia. But we hear them telling in our own languages about the great things God has done!”
Acts 2:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:11 American Standard Version (ASV)
Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.
Acts 2:4 New International Version (NIV)
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:11 New International Version (NIV)
(both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
Acts 2:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And they were all filled [that is, diffused throughout their being] with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (different languages), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out [clearly and appropriately].
Acts 2:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Cretans and Arabs—we all hear them speaking in our [native] tongues about the mighty works of God!”
Acts 2:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
Acts of the Apostles 2:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
(both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!”
Acts 2:4 The Passion Translation (TPT)
They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired to speak in tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned!
Acts 2:11 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Yet we hear them speaking of God’s mighty wonders in our own dialects!”