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Source language
Original Greek   
ὁ δὲ ἀρχιερεὺς Ἁνανίας ἐπέταξεν τοῖς παρεστῶσιν αὐτῷ τύπτειν αὐτοῦ τὸ στόμα.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
o de arkhiereus Ananias epetaxen tois parestosin auto tuptein autou to stoma.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
princeps autem sacerdotum Ananias praecepit adstantibus sibi percutere os eius

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
New King James Version   
And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
21st Century King James Version   
And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And Khanan-Yah The Priest commanded those who stood on the side to hit Paulus on his mouth.
Darby Bible Translation   
But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
God's Word   
The chief priest Ananias ordered the men standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
But the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.
International Standard Version   
Then the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
NET Bible   
At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
New American Standard Bible   
The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
New International Version   
At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
New Living Translation   
Instantly Ananias the high priest commanded those close to Paul to slap him on the mouth.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to strike him on the mouth.
Weymouth New Testament   
On hearing this the High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
The World English Bible   
The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The most important priest, who was called Ananias, heard Paul's words. He said to the men who were near Paul, ‘Hit that man on his mouth!’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,
New Life Version   
Then Ananias, the head religious leader, told those standing near him to hit him on the mouth.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then the High Priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by to strike him on the mouth.
The Voice Bible   
Ananias the high priest signaled those standing near Paul to hit him on the mouth.
Living Bible   
Instantly Ananias the High Priest commanded those close to Paul to slap him on the mouth.
New Catholic Bible   
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered his attendants to strike him on the mouth.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And the high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And the prince of the priests, Ananias, commanded those that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Christian Standard Bible   
The high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
At this the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood near him to strike him on the mouth.
New Century Version   
Ananias, the high priest, heard this and told the men who were standing near Paul to hit him on the mouth.
The Message   
Paul surveyed the members of the council with a steady gaze, and then said his piece: “Friends, I’ve lived with a clear conscience before God all my life, up to this very moment.” That set the Chief Priest Ananias off. He ordered his aides to slap Paul in the face. Paul shot back, “God will slap you down! What a fake you are! You sit there and judge me by the Law and then break the Law by ordering me slapped around!”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
But the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
At that the · high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
New Matthew Bible   
Then the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by to strike him on the mouth.
Good News Translation®   
The High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing close to Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Wycliffe Bible   
And Ananias, prince of priests, commanded to men that stood nigh to him, that they should smite his mouth. [Soothly Ananias, prince of priests, commanded to men standing nigh, to smite his mouth.]
New Testament for Everyone   
Ananias, the high priest, ordered the bystanders to strike Paul on the mouth.
Contemporary English Version   
Then Ananias the high priest ordered the men standing beside Paul to hit him on the mouth.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And the high priest Anani′as commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Paul looked steadily at the Sanhedrin and spoke to them, “men and brothers, I have lived my life with a perfectly clear conscience before God up to the present day—” Then Ananias the High Priest ordered those who were standing near to strike him in the mouth. At this Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you white-washed wall! How dare you sit there judging me by the Law and give orders for me to be struck, which is clean contrary to the Law?”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Then the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Then the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The high priest Ananias ordered those standing beside Paul to strike him in the mouth.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
[At this] the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood beside him to strike Paul on the mouth.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The high priest Ananias ordered his attendants to strike his mouth.
New American Standard Bible   
But the high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
The Expanded Bible   
Ananias, the high priest [C high priest from ad 47 to 58; not the man named in 22:12], heard this and told the men who were standing near Paul to ·hit [strike] him on the mouth.
Tree of Life Version   
But the kohen gadol Ananias ordered those standing by him to strike him on the mouth.
Revised Standard Version   
And the high priest Anani′as commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
New International Reader's Version   
Ananias the high priest heard this. So he ordered the men standing near Paul to hit him on the mouth.
BRG Bible   
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Complete Jewish Bible   
But the cohen hagadol, Hananyah, ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Ananias, the high priest, said to those who were standing near Paul, `Hit his mouth!'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Then the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the Kohen Gadol Chananyah ordered the ones standing by Rav Sha’ul to strike his mouth.
Names of God Bible   
The chief priest Ananias ordered the men standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Modern English Version   
The high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Ananias, the high priest, was there. When he heard this, he told the men who were standing near Paul to hit him in the mouth.
International Children’s Bible   
Ananias, the high priest, heard this and told the men who were standing near Paul to hit him on his mouth.
Lexham English Bible   
So the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike his mouth.
New International Version - UK   
At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And the high priest Ananias commanded the ones standing near him to strike his mouth.