Acts 15:17 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Amos 9:12 and Acts 15:17: “the remnant of Edom” or “the rest of mankind”?
In the Hebrew text of Amos 9:12, restored Israel will “possess the remnant of Edom.” In the Septuagint, “the remnant of men” will “seek” the Lord. At the Council of Jerusalem St James quotes the Greek form to show that God intended Gentiles to belong to his people (Acts 15:16–17). The two readings differ by letters that look and sound alike in Hebrew.
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who doth these things.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
so that the rest of men may seek the Lord, along with all the nations over whom my name has been invoked, says the Lord, who does these things.’
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
that the rest of men may seek after the Lord: all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.’
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
that the rest of men may seek after the Lord: all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.’
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,
MSB Majority Standard Bible
so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does all these things.’
BSB Berean Standard Bible
so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,
LSV Literal Standard Version
That the remnant of men may seek after the LORD, || And all the nations on whom My Name has been called, || Says the LORD, who is doing all these things.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith [the] Lord, who does these things
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
That the residue of men might seeke after the Lord, and all the Gentiles vpon whom my Name is called, saith the Lord which doeth all these things.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, including all the Gentiles called by my name.'
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
that the residue of men might seke after the Lorde and also the gentyls vpo whom my name is named saith the Lorde which doth all these thinges:
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom My name hath been called, saith the Lord, who is doing all these things.
FBV Free Bible Version
I will do this so that those who are left may come to the Lord, including the foreigners who call on my name.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Para que el resto de los hombres busque á Dios, y todas las gentes sobre las que ha sido invocado mi nombre, dice el Señor que hace éstas cosas.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Para que el resto de los hombres busque al Señor, y todos los Gentiles, sobre los cuales es llamado mi nombre, dice el Señor, que hace todas estas cosas.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
para que encuentren también al Señor los gentiles que llevan mi nombre.
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
para que el resto de los hombres busque al Señor, y todos los gentiles sobre quienes fue invocado mi Nombre, dice el Señor, quien hace que todas estas cosas
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Haré esto para que los que han quedado por fuera vengan al Señor, incluyendo los extranjeros que invocan mi nombre.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
para que el resto de los hombres busque al Señor, y todos los gentiles sobre quienes es invocado mi nombre,
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν Κύριον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφ᾽ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, λέγει Κύριος ὁ ποιῶν ταῦτα πάντα.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οπως αν εκζητησωσιν οι καταλοιποι των ανθρωπων τον κυριον, και παντα τα εθνη εφ ους επικεκληται το ονομα μου επ αυτους, λεγει κυριος ο ποιων ταυτα παντα.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν Κύριον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἐφ᾿ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, λέγει Κύριος ὁ ποιῶν ταῦτα πάντα.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οπωσ αν εκζητησωσιν οι καταλοιποι των ανθρωπων τον κυριον και παντα τα εθνη εφ ουσ επικεκληται το ονομα μου επ αυτουσ λεγει κυριοσ ο ποιων ταυτα παντα
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν Κύριον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφ’ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ’ αὐτούς, λέγει Κύριος ποιῶν ταῦτα
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν κύριον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφʼ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπʼ αὐτούς, λέγει ⸀κύριος ποιῶν ⸀ταῦτα
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
ut requirant ceteri hominum Dominum, et omnes gentes super quas invocatum est nomen meum, dicit Dominus faciens hæc.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
ꙗ҆́кѡ да взы́щꙋтъ про́чїи человѣ́цы гдⷭ҇а, и҆ всѝ ꙗ҆зы́цы, въ ни́хже нарече́сѧ и҆́мѧ моѐ, гл҃етъ гдⷭ҇ь, творѧ́й сїѧ̑ всѧ̑.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
чтобы взыскали Господа прочие человеки и все народы, между которыми возвестится имя Мое, говорит Господь, творящий все сие.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
διά να εκζητήσωσι τον Κύριον οι λοιποί των ανθρώπων, και πάντα τα έθνη, επί τα οποία καλείται το όνομά μου, λέγει Κύριος ο ποιών ταύτα πάντα.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Да потраже Господа остали људи и сви народи у којима се име моје спомену, говори Господ који твори све ово.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Da potraže Gospoda ostali ljudi i svi narodi u kojima se ime moje spomenu, govori Gospod koji tvori sve ovo.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِكَيْ يَطْلُبَ ٱلْبَاقُونَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلرَّبَّ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ دُعِيَ ٱسْمِي عَلَيْهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلصَّانِعُ هَذَا كُلَّهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC