Acts 28:4

English Standard Version

4 When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice[1] has not allowed him to live.” (Nu 32:23; Job 4:7; Am 5:19; Am 9:3; Lu 13:2; Lu 13:4; Joh 9:2; Ac 28:2) 

New International Version

4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, ‘This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.’ 

New International Reader’s Version

4 The people of the island saw the snake hanging from his hand. They said to one another, ‘This man must be a murderer. He escaped from the sea. But the goddess Justice won’t let him live.’ 

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. 

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