25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.


In Context

22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.

23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

24 Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose.

27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.

Acts 16:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:25And at midnight, Paul and Silas praying, praised God. And they that were in prison, heard them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.