Acts 28:20
Acts 28:20 — The New International Version (NIV)
20 For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
Acts 28:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Acts 28:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)
20 I asked you to come here today so we could get acquainted and so I could explain to you that I am bound with this chain because I believe that the hope of Israel—the Messiah—has already come.”
Acts 28:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
20 For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak with you, because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
Acts 28:20 — New Century Version (NCV)
20 That is why I wanted to see you and talk with you. I am bound with this chain because I believe in the hope of Israel.”
Acts 28:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)
20 For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Acts 28:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
20 For this cause therefore I have called you to me to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.
Acts 28:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
20 That’s why I asked to see you and speak with you. I’m wearing these chains because of what Israel hopes for.”
Acts 28:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
20 For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”
Acts 28:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
20 For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
Acts 28:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
20 Therefore for this reason I have requested to see you and to speak with you, for because of the hope of Israel I am wearing this chain!”
Acts 28:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
20 I share Israel’s hope. That is why I am held with this chain. So I have asked to see you and talk with you.”
Acts 28:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
20 “For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel.”