Verse List for ACTs 5:38

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) So here’s my advice to you all: pull back from killing these men and allow them to continue, because if this teaching and goings on is man-made, it’ll be overthrown,

OET-LV And now I _am _saying the things to _you _all, withdraw from the these men and allow them, because if this the counsel or this the work it _may _be from humans, will _be _being _torn _down,

ULT And now I say these things to you: Keep away from these men and release them, for if this counsel or this work is from men, it will be destroyed,

UST Based on these examples, let me offer some advice. Do not kill these men! Set them free! I say this because if the things that are happening now are just something that humans have planned, someone will stop them. They will fail.

BSB & MSB So in the present [case] I advise you: Leave these men {alone}. Let them go! For if [their] purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

BLB And now I say to you, withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this work is from men, it will be overthrown.

AICNT So now I say [to you][fn] [[brothers]],[fn] withdraw from these men and leave them alone [[not defiling your hands]];[fn] for if this plan or this work is of human origin, it will be overthrown;

OEB And, in this present case, my advice to you is not to interfere with these men, but to leave them alone, for, if their designs and their work are merely of human origin, they will come to an end;

WEBBE & WMBB Now I tell you, withdraw from these men and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.

NET So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,

LSV and now I say to you, refrain from these men, and leave them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,

FBV So in the current case I recommend that you leave these men alone, and just let them go. If what they are planning or what they are doing comes from their own human thinking, then it will be defeated.

TCNT So I say to you now, keep away from these men and leave them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will be stopped;

T4T So now I say this to you: Do not harm these men! Release them! I say this because if this is just something that humans have planned, they will not be able to do it. They will fail, like Theudas and Judas did

LEB And now I tell you, keep away from these men, and leave them alone, because if this plan or this matter is from people, it will be overthrown.[fn]

BBE And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

Moff So I advise you to-day to leave these men to themselves. Let them alone. If this project or enterprise springs from men, it will collapse;

Wymth And now I tell you to hold aloof from these men and leave them alone—for if this scheme or work is of human origin, it will come to nothing.

ASV And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown:

DRA And now, therefore, I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this council or this work be of men, it will come to nought;

YLT and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,

Drby And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;

RV And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown:
(And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this council/counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown:)

SLT And now say I to you, Depart from these men, and leave them; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it shall be destroyed:

Wbstr And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is from men, it will come to naught:

KJB-1769 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
(And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this council/counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught/nothing:)

KJB-1611 And now I say vnto you, refraine from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsell or this worke be of men, it will come to nought.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And nowe I saye vnto you, refrayne your selues fro these men, and let them alone: For yf this counsell or this worke be of men, it wyll come to naught.
(And now I say unto you, refrain yourselves from these men, and let them alone: For if this council/counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught/nothing.)

Gnva And nowe I say vnto you, Refraine your selues from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsell, or this worke be of men, it will come to nought:
(And now I say unto you, Refraine yourselves from these men, and let them alone: for if this council/counsel, or this work be of men, it will come to naught/nothing:)

Cvdl And now I saye vnto you: refrayne yor selues fro these men, and let the go. Yf this councell or worke be of me, it wil come to naught:
(And now I say unto you: refrain yourselves from these men, and let the go. If this council/counsel or work be of me, it will come to naught/nothing:)

TNT And now I saye vnto you: refrayne youre selves from these men let them alone. For yf the consell or this worke be of men it will come to nought.
(And now I say unto you: refrain your(pl) selves from these men let them alone. For if the consell or this work be of men it will come to naught/nothing.)

Wycl And now therfor Y seie to you, departe ye fro these men, and suffre ye hem; for if this counsel ether werk is of men, it schal be vndon;
(And now therefore I say to you, depart ye/you_all from these men, and suffer ye/you_all hem; for if this council/counsel either work is of men, it shall be undon;)

Luth Und nun sage ich euch: Lasset ab von diesen Menschen und lasset sie fahren! Ist der Rat oder das Werk aus den Menschen, so wird‘s untergehen;
(And now said I you: Let ab from this people and let they/she/them drive/ride/run! Is the/of_the advice or the work out_of the people, so it_will go_under/sink;)

ClVg Et nunc itaque dico vobis, discedite ab hominibus istis, et sinite illos: quoniam si est ex hominibus consilium hoc aut opus, dissolvetur:
(And now therefore I_mean/say to_you(pl), discedite away to_humans to_these, and allowse those: since/because when/but_if it_is from to_humans advice this or opus, will_dissolve:)

SR-GNT Καὶ τὰ νῦν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπόστητε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων καὶ ἄφετε αὐτούς, ὅτι ἐὰν ᾖ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ἡ βουλὴ αὕτη ἢ τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο καταλυθήσεται, ‡

UGNT καὶ τὰ νῦν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπόστητε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων καὶ ἄφετε αὐτούς, ὅτι ἐὰν ᾖ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ἡ βουλὴ αὕτη ἢ τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο καταλυθήσεται;

SBL-GNT καὶ τὰ νῦν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπόστητε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων καὶ ⸀ἄφετε αὐτούς· (ὅτι ἐὰν ᾖ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἡ βουλὴ ⸀αὕτη ἢ τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο, καταλυθήσεται,

RP-GNT Καὶ τὰ νῦν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπόστητε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων, καὶ ἐάσατε αὐτούς· ὅτι ἐὰν ᾖ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἡ βουλὴ ἢ τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο, καταλυθήσεται·

TC-GNT καὶ τὰ νῦν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπόστητε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων καὶ [fn]ἐάσατε αὐτούς· ὅτι ἐὰν ᾖ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἡ [fn]βουλὴ ἢ τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο, καταλυθήσεται·