Acts 2:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"

New Living Translation
They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked each other.

English Standard Version
And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

Berean Study Bible
Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

New American Standard Bible
And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

NASB 1995
And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

NASB 1977
And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

Amplified Bible
And they were beside themselves with amazement and were greatly perplexed, saying one to another, “What could this mean?”

Christian Standard Bible
They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, "What could this be?"

Contemporary English Version
Everyone was excited and confused. Some of them even kept asking each other, "What does all this mean?"

Good News Translation
Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other, "What does this mean?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All of these devout men were stunned and puzzled. They asked each other, "What can this mean?"

International Standard Version
All of them continued to be stunned and puzzled, and they kept asking one another, "What can this mean?"

NET Bible
All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

New King James Version
So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”

King James 2000 Bible
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What means this?

New Heart English Bible
They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

World English Bible
They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

American King James Version
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What means this?

American Standard Version
And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

A Faithful Version
And they were all amazed and greatly perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

Darby Bible Translation
And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

English Revised Version
And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Webster's Bible Translation
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They were all then amased, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They were all amased, and wondred, saying one to another: What meaneth this?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They were all amased, and wondred, and sayde one to another: What wil this be?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
They were all amased and wondred sayinge one to another: what meaneth this?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying to one another, “What would this wish to be?”

Berean Literal Bible
And all were amazed, and were perplexed, saying to one another, "What wishes this to be?"

Young's Literal Translation
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, 'What would this wish to be?'

Smith's Literal Translation
And all were affected in mind, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What may this mean to be?

Literal Emphasis Translation
And all were astonished and were totally perplexed, saying other to the other, What wishes this to be?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this?

Catholic Public Domain Version
And they were all astonished, and they wondered, saying to one another: “But what does this mean?”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they were all astonished and bewildered. They were saying one to another, “What is this phenomenon?”

Lamsa Bible
And they were all amazed and stunned, saying one to another, what does this mean?

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And they were all in amazement and doubt, and said, one to another: What can this mean?

Godbey New Testament
And all were astounded and bewildered, saying one to another, What does this wish to be?

Haweis New Testament
And they were all amazed, and much perplexed, and knew not what to think, saying one to another, What can this mean?

Mace New Testament
and they were all amazed, and perplex'd, saying one to another, what can the meaning of this be?

Weymouth New Testament
They were all astounded and bewildered, and asked one another, "What can this mean?"

Worrell New Testament
And they were all amazed, and perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

Worsley New Testament
And they were all amazed and in doubt, saying one to another, What can this mean?
















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