Acts 15:8 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,

English ASV

And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

English Amplified

And God, Who is acquainted with and understands the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit as He also did to us;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And God, Who is acquainted with and understands the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit as He also did to us;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also,

English EASY 2024

God knows what people truly believe. He showed clearly that he accepts Gentile believers as his people. He gave his Holy Spirit to them in the same way that he did for us.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God knows everyone, even their thoughts, and he accepted these non- Jewish people. He showed this to us by giving them the Holy Spirit the same as he did to us.

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

And God, who knows the thoughts of everyone, showed his approval of the Gentiles by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he had to us.

English God's Word - GW 1995

God, who knows everyone's thoughts, showed that he approved of people who aren't Jewish by giving them the Holy Spirit as he gave the Holy Spirit to us.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.

English KJV 1611

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

English LSB

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

God, who knows the heart, approved of them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as He did to us,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as he did us.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God knows the human heart. By giving the Holy Spirit to non-Jews, he showed that he accepted them. He did the same for them as he had done for us.

English NIV

God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.

English NKJ 1982

So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us,

English NLT

God, who knows people's hearts, confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he gave him to us.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

God, who knows the hearts of every person, confirmed this when he gave them the Holy Spirit, just like he has given the Spirit to us.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

God, who knows men's hearts, confirmed the fact that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he gave him to us.

English Tyndale 1537

And God which knoweth the heart, bare them witness, and gave unto them the holy ghost, even as he did unto us;

Acts 15:8 — Compare Translations