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


In Context

3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

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

7 Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?

8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?

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 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,

The American 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.