Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.
New American Standard Bible
But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing
King James Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
Holman Bible
“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’
International Standard Version
But I replied, "Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'
A Conservative Version
But I said, Not so, Lord, because nothing profane or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.
American Standard Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
Amplified
But I said, ‘Not at all, Lord; for nothing common (unholy) or [ceremonially] unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
An Understandable Version
But I said, 'O no, Lord, for I have never even tasted anything ordinary or [ceremonially] unfit [for Jews to eat].'
Anderson New Testament
But I said, By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.
Common New Testament
But I said, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
but I said, Lord, by no means: for I never did eat any thing impure, and defiled.
Darby Translation
And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
Godbey New Testament
And I said, By no means, Lord: because nothing unconsecrated or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.
Goodspeed New Testament
But I said, 'Never, sir! For nothing that was not ceremonially cleansed has ever passed my lips.'
John Wesley New Testament
But I said, In no wise, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
And I said, By no means, Lord: for anything common or unclean never came into my month.
King James 2000
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth!'
Modern King James verseion
But I said, Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I said, 'God forbid Lord, for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.'
Moffatt New Testament
I said, 'No, no, my Lord; nothing common or unclean has ever passed my lips.'
Montgomery New Testament
"'Not so, my Lord' said I, 'for nothing common or unclean has ever gone into my mouth.'
NET Bible
But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'
New Heart English Bible
But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'
Noyes New Testament
But I said, Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean ever entered my mouth.
Sawyer New Testament
And I said, By no means, Lord, for nothing common or impure has ever entered into my mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
But I said - By no means, Lord, because, a common or unclean thing, hath at no time entered into my mouth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But I said, By no means, Lord: for never yet hath any thing common or unclean entered into my mouth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
'No, Lord, I cannot,' I answered, 'for nothing 'defiled' or 'unclean' has ever passed my lips.'
Webster
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
Weymouth New Testament
"'On no account, Lord,' I replied, 'for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.'
Williams New Testament
But I answered, 'Never by any means, sir, for nothing common or not ceremonially cleansed has ever passed my lips.'
World English Bible
But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'
Worrell New Testament
But I said, 'By no means, Lord; because a common or an unclean thing never entered into my mouth!'
Worsley New Testament
But I said, By no means, Lord: for nothing polluted or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 11:8
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Context Readings
Peter's Explanation To The Church In Jerusalem
7 And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food. 8 But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth. 9 But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.
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Cross References
Romans 14:14
I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.
Leviticus 10:10
And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
Leviticus 11:47
Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.
Ezra 9:11-12
Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from end to end.
Hosea 9:3
They will have no resting-place in the Lord's land, but Ephraim will go back to Egypt, and they will take unclean food in Assyria.
Mark 7:2
And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.