Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Acts 21:35 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When Paul came to the steps, the violence of the mob was so great that he had to be carried by the soldiers. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when [Paul] came to mount the steps, he was actually being carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob; American Standard Version (1901) And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd; Common English Bible When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers in order to protect him from the violence of the crowd. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had arrived at the stairs, it happened that he was carried up by the soldiers, because of the threat of violence from the people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people. |
Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.
For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course has been evil, and their might is not right.
So he said to the man working the vineyard, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?’
When he had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people for silence, and when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying: