• Acts 28:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 4 When the foreign-speaking people caught sight of the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another: “Surely this man is a murderer, and although he made it to safety from the sea, Justice* did not permit him to keep on living.”

  • Acts 28:4
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 4 ὡς As δὲ but εἶδαν saw οἱ the βάρβαροι barbarians κρεμάμενον hanging τὸ the θηρίον wild beast ἐκ out of τῆς the χειρὸς hand αὐτοῦ, of him, πρὸς toward ἀλλήλους one another ἔλεγον they were saying Πάντως By all means φονεύς murderer ἐστιν is ὁ the ἄνθρωπος man οὗτος this ὃν whom διασωθέντα having been saved through ἐκ out of τῆς the θαλάσσης sea ἡ the δίκη justice ζῇν to be living οὐκ not εἴασεν. permitted.

  • Acts 28:4
    The Bible in Living English

    • 4 And when the natives saw the creature hanging to his hand they said to each other “Decidedly this man is a murderer who has come safe in from the sea but whom Justice would not let live.”

  • Acts 28:4
    American Standard Version

    • 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.

  • Acts 28:4
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 4 And when the natives saw the brute hanging out from his hand they began to say one to another—Doubtless this man is a murderer, whom though brought safely through out of the sea Justice hath not suffered to live.

  • Acts 28:4
    King James Version

    • 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 28
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 28:4

      Justice: The Greek term for “Justice” here is diʹke. It may refer to a goddess who personifies avenging justice or to the concept of justice. In Greek mythology, Dike was the name of the goddess of justice. It was thought that she had oversight of human affairs and reported undisclosed injustices to Zeus so that the guilty would be punished. The inhabitants of Malta may have thought that, although he had survived the shipwreck, Paul was now overtaken by some sort of divine justice and punished by means of a snake.