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Berean Standard Bible

“He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.”

Acts 10:11

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Peter is on a rooftop in Joppa at noon, hungry and praying. He falls into a trance and sees a vision.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

World English Bible (WEB)

He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

King James Version (KJV)

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

American Standard Version (ASV)

and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and he does behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y vió el cielo abierto, y que descendía un vaso, como un gran lienzo, que atado de los cuatro cabos era bajado á la tierra;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

vio el cielo abierto y un gran lienzo que bajaba a la tierra sostenido por las cuatro puntas.

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