6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.


In Context

3 And there appeared to them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat on each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

7 And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

Acts 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard them speak in his own language.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,