Acts 17:21

Paul in Athens

20For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”21Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

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Berean Standard Bible
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
American Standard Version (1901)
(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)
Bible in Basic English
(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)
Douay-Rheims 1899
(Now all the Athenians, and strangers that were there, employed themselves in nothing else, but either in telling or in hearing some new thing.)
Free Bible Version
(All the Athenians, including foreigners who lived there, spent their whole time doing nothing except explaining or listening to something new.)
Geneva Bible 1599
For all the Athenians, and strangers which dwelt there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell, or to heare some newes.
King James (Authorized) Version
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Plain English Version
You see, the Athens people, and the people from other places that lived there, they liked to talk about new ideas all the time, and they liked to hear anything new that other people told them.
Translation for Translators
They said that, because the people of Athens and also the people from other regions who lived there continually talked about what was new to them, or they listened to others tell what was new.
Unlocked Literal Bible
(Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing but either telling or listening about something new.)
Noah Webster Bible
(For all the Athenians and strangers who were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
World English Bible
Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Young's Literal Translation
and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.