Acts 16:16

King James Version (KJV)

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:

Translations

Acts 16:16 - Amplified Bible

As we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit of divination [claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners much gain by her fortunetelling.

Acts 16:16 - American Standard Version

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.

Acts 16:16 - Bible in Basic English

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.

Acts 16:16 - Darby Bible

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.

Acts 16:16 - English Standard Version

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.

Acts 16:16 - King James Version

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:

Acts 16:16 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y sucediò que mientras ìbamos al lugar de oraciòn, nos saliò al encuentro una muchacha esclava que tenìa espìritu de adivinaciòn, la cual daba grandes ganancias a sus amos, adivinando.

Acts 16:16 - The Message

One day, on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl ran into us. She was a psychic and, with her fortunetelling, made a lot of money for the people who owned her. She started following Paul around, calling everyone’s attention to us by yelling out, "These men are working for the Most High God. They’re laying out the road of salvation for you!" She did this for a number of days until Paul, finally fed up with her, turned and commanded the spirit that possessed her, "Out! In the name of Jesus Christ, get out of her!" And it was gone, just like that.

Acts 16:16 - New American Standard Bible

It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

Acts 16:16 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Mientras ìbamos al lugar de oraciòn, nos saliò al encuentro una muchacha esclava que tenìa espìritu de adivinaciòn, la cual daba grandes ganancias a sus amos, adivinando.

Acts 16:16 - World English Bible

It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

Acts 16:16 - Young's Living Translation

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,

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