32The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.


In Context

29 Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions from Macedonia, and rushed as one man into the theater.

30 Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

31 Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.

32 The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.

33 The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd shouted instructions to him. He motioned for silence in order to make a defense before the people.

34 But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Acts 19:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:32Now some cried one thing, some another. For the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not for what cause they were come together.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:32Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not why they had come together.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn't know why they had come together.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:32Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not why they were come together.