Acts 28:20
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.” h
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 — English Standard Version (ESV)
20 For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing 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 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.”