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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ ὁ καρδιογνώστης θεὸς ἐμαρτύρησεν αὐτοῖς ⸀δοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καθὼς καὶ ἡμῖν,
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai o kardiognostes theos emarturesen autois rdous to pneuma to agion kathos kai emin,

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et qui novit corda Deus testimonium perhibuit dans illis Spiritum Sanctum sicut et nobis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And God, which knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did to us;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Authorized (King James) Version   
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
New King James Version   
So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us,
21st Century King James Version   
And God, who knoweth the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost even as He did unto us,

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“And God, who knows what is in the hearts, testified to them and gave them The Spirit of Holiness as to us.”
Darby Bible Translation   
And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And God, who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the Holy Ghost, as well as to us;
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And God, which knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
God's Word   
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.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.
International Standard Version   
God, who knows everyone's heart, showed them he approved by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.
NET Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
New American Standard Bible   
"And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;
New International Version   
God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.
New Living Translation   
God knows people's hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And God, who knoweth the hearts, bore them witness, giving to them the Holy Spirit, even as he did to us:
Weymouth New Testament   
And God, who knows all hearts, gave His testimony in their favour by bestowing the Holy Spirit on them just as He did on us;
The World English Bible   
God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
EasyEnglish Bible   
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.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,
New Life Version   
God knows the hearts of all men. He showed them they were to have His loving-favor by giving them the Holy Spirit the same as He gave to us.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“And God, Who knows the hearts, bore them witness in giving the Holy Ghost to them even as to us.
The Voice Bible   
God knows the human heart, and He showed approval of their hearts by giving them the Holy Spirit just as He did for us.
Living Bible   
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.
New Catholic Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by giving to them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us,
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.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
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;
New Century Version   
God, who knows the thoughts of everyone, accepted them. He showed this to us by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.
The Message   
The apostles and leaders called a special meeting to consider the matter. The arguments went on and on, back and forth, getting more and more heated. Then Peter took the floor: “Friends, you well know that from early on God made it quite plain that he wanted the pagans to hear the Message of this good news and embrace it—and not in any secondhand or roundabout way, but firsthand, straight from my mouth. And God, who can’t be fooled by any pretense on our part but always knows a person’s thoughts, gave them the Holy Spirit exactly as he gave him to us. He treated the outsiders exactly as he treated us, beginning at the very center of who they were and working from that center outward, cleaning up their lives as they trusted and believed him.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
God, who knows the heart, testified on their behalf by giving them the Holy Spirit, exactly as he gave him to us.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And · God, who knows the heart, confirmed this, by giving the Holy Spirit · to them just as · he did to us,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us;
New Matthew Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, and gave to them the Holy Spirit, even as he did to us.
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.
Wycliffe Bible   
and God, that knew the hearts, bare witnessing, and gave to them the Holy Ghost [giving to them the Holy Ghost], as also to us;
New Testament for Everyone   
And God, who knows the heart, bore them witness, by giving them the holy spirit just as he did to us.
Contemporary English Version   
He knows what is in everyone's heart. And he showed he had chosen the Gentiles, when he gave them the Holy Spirit, just as he had given his Spirit to us.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us;
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
The apostles and elders met to consider the matter. After an exhaustive enquiry Peter stood up and addressed them in these words: “Men and brothers, you know that from the earliest days God chose me as the one from whose lips the Gentiles should hear the Word and should believe it. Moreover, God who knows men’s inmost thoughts has plainly shown that this is so, for when he had cleansed their hearts though their faith he gave the Holy Spirit to the Gentiles exactly as he did to us. Why then must you now strain the patience of God by trying to put on the shoulders of these disciples a burden which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Surely the fact is that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved by faith, just as they are!”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us;
Common English Bible © 2011   
God, who knows people’s deepest thoughts and desires, confirmed this by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And God, who knows and understands the heart, testified to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as he did us.
New American Standard Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;
The Expanded Bible   
God, who knows the ·thoughts of everyone [L heart], ·accepted [showed his approval of; L testified for] them. He showed this to us by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.
Tree of Life Version   
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving them the Ruach ha-Kodesh—just as He also did for us.
Revised Standard Version   
And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us;
New International Reader's Version   
God knows the human heart. By giving the Holy Spirit to the Gentiles, he showed that he accepted them. He did the same for them as he had done for us.
BRG Bible   
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Complete Jewish Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, bore them witness by giving the Ruach HaKodesh to them, just as he did to us;
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
God knows what is in a person's heart. He proved that they believed. He gave them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us;
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
"And the One who has da’as of levavot, Hashem, bore solemn edut and stood as their witness, having given the non-Jews the Ruach Hakodesh just as Hashem did also to us Jews [Acts 2:4; 10:46; 11:15-16].
Names of God Bible   
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.
Modern English Version   
God, who knows the heart, approved of them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as He did to us,
Easy-to-Read Version   
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.
International Children’s Bible   
God, who knows the thoughts of all men, accepted them. He showed this to us by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.
Lexham English Bible   
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.
New International Version - UK   
God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And God, the heart-knower, testified— having given the Holy Spirit to them, just as also to us.