Verse List for ACTs 16:16

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OET (OET-RV) One time as we were walking to the prayer meeting, we met a female slave who was possessed by a spirit that enabled her to tell fortunes, and thanks to that, to earn a lot of money for her masters.

OET-LV And it _became, of _us going to the prayer place, a_ certain _servant _girl having a_ python _spirit, to _meet with _us, who fortune-telling was _bringing _about much business for _the masters of _her.

ULT And it happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain young female slave having a Python spirit met us, who, divining, was bringing much gain to her masters.

UST Another day, as we were going to the place where people gathered to pray, we met a young woman who was a slave. An evil spirit was giving her the power to tell what would happen to people in the future. People paid a lot of money to the men who were her owners so that she would tell them what was going to happen to them.

BSB One day as we were going to the [place of] prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination,[fn] who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

MSB One day as we were going to [the place of] prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination,[fn] who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

BLB Now it happened of us going to the place of prayer, a certain girl, having a spirit of Python, met us, who was bringing her masters much gain by fortune-telling.

AICNT Now [it happened][fn] as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl having a spirit [of Python met us],[fn] who provided much profit to her masters by fortune-telling.[fn]

OEB One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a girl possessed by a divining spirit, who made large profits for her masters by fortune-telling.

WEBBE & WMBB As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

NET Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

LSV And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying;

FBV One day when we were going down to the place of prayer we met a slave girl possessed by an evil spirit.[fn] She earned her masters a great deal of money by fortune-telling.

TCNT One day, as we were on our way to prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination. She had brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

T4T Another day, while we (exc) were going to the place where people regularly gathered to pray, we met a young woman who was a slave. An evil spirit was enabling her to be a ventriloquist and to tell people what would happen to them. People paid a lot of money to the men who were her owners, in return for her telling them things that she said would happen to them.

LEB ¶  And it happened that as[fn] we were going to the place of prayer, a certain female slave who had a spirit of divination[fn] met us, who was bringing a large profit to her owners by[fn] fortune-telling.

BBE And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

Moff Now it happened as we went to the place of prayer that a slave-girl met us, possessed by a spirit of ventriloquism, and a source of great profit to her owners by her power of fortune-telling.

Wymth One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who claimed to be inspired and was accustomed to bring her owners large profits by telling fortunes.

ASV And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

DRA And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain girl, having a pythonical spirit, met us, who brought to her masters much gain by divining.

YLT And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying,

Drby And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.

RV And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

SLT And it was we going for prayer, a certain young girl having the spirit of Python met us, who furnished much gain to her lords, prophesying:

Wbstr 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:

KJB-1769 ¶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
(¶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain girl/young_woman possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:)

KJB-1611 ¶ And it came to passe, as we went to prayer, a certaine Damosell possessed with a spirit of [fn]diuination, met vs: which brought her masters much gaine by soothsaying.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And it came to passe, as we went to prayer, a certayne damsell, possessed with a spirite of southsaying met vs: which brought her maisters much vantage with southsaying.
(And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain girl/young_woman, possessed with a spirit of southsaying met us: which brought her masters much vantage with southsaying.)

Gnva And it came to passe that as we went to prayer, a certaine maide hauing a spirit of diuination, mette vs, which gate her masters much vantage with diuining.
(And it came to pass that as we went to prayer, a certain maid having a spirit of divination, mette us, which gate her masters much vantage with divining.)

Cvdl It fortuned whan we wente to prayer, yt there met vs a damsel, which had a sprete of soythsayenge, and broughte hir master and mastresse greate vauntage with soyth sayenge:
(It fortuned when we went to prayer, it there met us a girl/young_woman, which had a spirit of soythsayenge, and brought her master and mastresse great vauntage with soyth saying:)

TNT And it fortuned as we went to prayer a certayn damsell possessed with a sprete that prophesied met vs which brought her master and mastres moche vauntage with prophesyinge.
(And it fortuned as we went to prayer a certayn girl/young_woman possessed with a spirit that prophesied met us which brought her master and mastres much vauntage with prophesyinge.)

Wycl And sche constreynede vs. And it was don, whanne we yeden to preier, that a damysel that hadde a spirit of diuynacioun, mette vs, which yaf greet wynnyng to her lordis in dyuynynge.
(And she constrained us. And it was done, when we went to prayer, that a girl/young_woman that had a spirit of diuynacioun, mette us, which gave great wynning to her lords in divining.)

Luth Es geschah aber, da wir zu dem Gebet gingen, daß eine Magd uns begegnete, die hatte einen Wahrsagergeist und trug ihren Herren viel Genieß zu mit Wahrsagen.
(It happened but, there we/us to/for to_him prayer went, that a/one maid us/to_us/ourselves encountered, the had a fortune-telling_spirit and wore/brought your(pl) gentlemen many Genieß to/for with Wahrsagen.)

ClVg Factum est autem euntibus nobis ad orationem, puellam quamdam habentem spiritum pythonem obviare nobis, quæ quæstum magnum præstabat dominis suis divinando.
(Done it_is however going us to speech, girl a_certain having spirit pythonem to_meet us, which questum magnum beforestabat masters to_his_own divinando.)

SR-GNT Ἐγένετο δὲ, πορευομένων ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν προσευχὴν, παιδίσκην τινὰ ἔχουσαν πνεῦμα Πύθωνα, ὑπαντῆσαι ἡμῖν, ἥτις ἐργασίαν πολλὴν παρεῖχεν τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῆς μαντευομένη. ‡

UGNT ἐγένετο δὲ, πορευομένων ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν προσευχὴν, παιδίσκην τινὰ ἔχουσαν πνεῦμα Πύθωνα, ὑπαντῆσαι ἡμῖν, ἥτις ἐργασίαν πολλὴν παρεῖχεν τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῆς μαντευομένη.

SBL-GNT Ἐγένετο δὲ πορευομένων ἡμῶν εἰς ⸀τὴν προσευχὴν παιδίσκην τινὰ ἔχουσαν πνεῦμα ⸀πύθωνα ⸀ὑπαντῆσαι ἡμῖν, ἥτις ἐργασίαν πολλὴν παρεῖχεν τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῆς μαντευομένη·

RP-GNT Ἐγένετο δὲ πορευομένων ἡμῶν εἰς προσευχήν, παιδίσκην τινὰ ἔχουσαν πνεῦμα Πύθωνος ἀπαντῆσαι ἡμῖν, ἥτις ἐργασίαν πολλὴν παρεῖχεν τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῆς, μαντευομένη.

TC-GNT Ἐγένετο δὲ πορευομένων ἡμῶν εἰς [fn]προσευχὴν παιδίσκην τινὰ ἔχουσαν πνεῦμα [fn]Πύθωνος [fn]ἀπαντῆσαι ἡμῖν, ἥτις ἐργασίαν πολλὴν παρεῖχε τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῆς μαντευομένη.