17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who show to us the way of salvation.


In Context

14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended to the things which were spoken by Paul.

15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there: And she constrained us.

16 And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination, met us, who brought her masters much gain by sooth-saying:

17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who show to us the way of salvation.

18 And this she did many days. But Paul being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place to the rulers,

Acts 16:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:17This same following Paul and us, cried out, saying: These men are the servants of the most high God, who preach unto you the way of salvation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, which proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17Following Paul and us, she cried out, |These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show to us the way of salvation.