Acts 15:5 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).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
But there arose some of the sect of the Pharisees that believed, saying: They must be circumcised, and be commanded to observe the law of Moses.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
But some from the sect of the Pharisees, those who were believers, rose up saying, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and to be instructed to keep the Law of Moses.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command [them] to keep the law of Moses.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and there rose up certain of those of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, “It is required to circumcise them, to command them also to keep the Law of Moses.”
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Darby Darby Translation
And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among [them], saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
But there rose certain of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command [them] to keep the law of Moses.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
But said they, certaine of the sect of the Pharises, which did beleeue, rose vp, saying, that it was needefull to circumcise them, and to commaund them to keepe the lawe of Moses.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But certain men who believed, who belonged to the group of Pharisees, stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
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)
Then arose ther vp certayne that were of the secte of the Pharises and dyd beleve sayinge that it was nedfull to circucise them and to enioyne the to kepe the lawe of Moses.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and there rose up certain of those of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying — 'It behoveth to circumcise them, to command them also to keep the law of Moses.'
FBV Free Bible Version
But they were opposed by some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisee faction. They said, “These converts have to be circumcised, and instructed to observe the law of Moses.”
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
But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Mas se levantáron algunos de la secta de los Phariséos, que habian creido, diciendo: Que era necesario que ellos fuesen circuncidados, y que se les mandase también guardar la ley de Moyses.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mas algunos de la secta de los Fariseos, que habían creído, se levantaron, diciendo: Que es menester circuncidarlos, y mandarles que guarden la ley de Moisés.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Entonces algunos de los que antes de convertirse habían sido fariseos, afirmaron que era necesario circuncidar a los gentiles y exigirles que obedecieran la ley de Moisés.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero algunos de la secta de los fariseos que habían creído dijeron: Es necesario circuncidarlos y mandarles que guarden la Ley de Moisés.
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)
Pero sufrieron oposición de parte de algunos de los creyentes que pertenecían a la división de los fariseos. Ellos decían: “Estos conversos tienen que circuncidarse e instruirse para que observen la ley de Moisés”.
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)
Pero algunos de la secta de los fariseos que habían creído se levantaron y dijeron: Es necesario circuncidarlos y mandarles que guarden la Ley de Moisés.
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)
Ἐξανέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν Φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες, λέγοντες ὅτι δεῖ περιτέμνειν αὐτοὺς παραγγέλλειν τε τηρεῖν τὸν νόμον Μωϋσέως.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εξανεστησαν δε τινες των απο της αιρεσεως των φαρισαιων πεπιστευκοτες, λεγοντες οτι δει περιτεμνειν αυτους παραγγελλειν τε τηρειν τον νομον μωυσεως.
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)
Ἐξανέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν Φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες, λέγοντες ὅτι Δεῖ περιτέμνειν αὐτούς, παραγγέλλειν τε τηρεῖν τὸν νόμον Μωϋσέως.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εξανεστησαν δε τινεσ των απο τησ αιρεσεωσ των φαρισαιων πεπιστευκοτεσ λεγοντεσ οτι δει περιτεμνειν αυτουσ παραγγελλειν τε τηρειν τον νομον μωυσεωσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Ἐξανέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν Φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες, λέγοντες ὅτι δεῖ περιτέμνειν αὐτοὺς παραγγέλλειν τε τηρεῖν τὸν νόμον Μωϋσέως.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἐξανέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν Φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες, λέγοντες ὅτι δεῖ περιτέμνειν αὐτοὺς παραγγέλλειν τε τηρεῖν τὸν νόμον Μωϋσέως.
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
Surrexerunt autem quidam de hæresi pharisæorum, qui crediderunt, dicentes quia oportet circumcidi eos, præcipere quoque servare legem Moysi.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Воста́ша же нѣ́цыи ѿ є҆́реси фарїсе́йскїѧ вѣ́ровавшїи, глаго́люще, ꙗ҆́кѡ подоба́етъ ѡ҆брѣ́зати и҆̀хъ, завѣщава́ти же блюстѝ зако́нъ мѡѷсе́овъ.
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)
Тогда восстали некоторые из фарисейской ереси уверовавшие и говорили, что должно обрезывать язычников и заповедывать соблюдать закон Моисеев.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Εσηκώθησαν δε τινές των από της αιρέσεως των Φαρισαίων, οίτινες είχον πιστεύσει, και έλεγον ότι πρέπει να περιτέμνωμεν αυτούς και να παραγγέλλωμεν να φυλάττωσι τον νόμον του Μωϋσέως.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Онда усташе неки од јереси фарисејске који беху веровали, и говораху да их ваља обрезати, и заповедити да држе закон Мојсијев.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Onda ustaše neki od jeresi farisejske koji behu verovali, i govorahu da ih valja obrezati, i zapovediti da drže zakon Mojsijev.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَلَكِنْ قَامَ أُنَاسٌ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدْ آمَنُوا مِنْ مَذْهَبِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ، وَقَالُوا: «إِنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُخْتَنُوا، وَيُوصَوْا بِأَنْ يَحْفَظُوا نَامُوسَ مُوسَى».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC