- New International Version
For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- New Living Translation
I asked you to come here today so we could get acquainted and so I could explain to you that I am bound with this chain because I believe that the hope of Israel—the Messiah—has already come.”
- English Standard Version
For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.”
- Berean Standard Bible
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- Berean Literal Bible
Therefore for this cause I have called to see you and to speak to you. For because of the hope of Israel, I have around me this chain.”
- King James Bible
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- New King James Version
For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak with you, because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
- New American Standard Bible
For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, since I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel.”
- NASB 1995
“For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel.”
- NASB 1977
“For this reason therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel.”
- Amplified Bible
For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel (the Messiah, the resurrection) that I am bound with this chain.”
- Christian Standard Bible
For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”
- Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”
- American Standard Version
For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Therefore, I begged of you to come and to see you and relate to you these things, because for the hope of Israel I am bound in this chain.”
- Contemporary English Version
I am bound by these chains because of what we people of Israel hope for. This is why I have called you here to talk about this hope of ours.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
For this cause therefore I desired to see you, and to speak to you. Because that for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.
- Good News Translation
That is why I asked to see you and talk with you. As a matter of fact, I am bound in chains like this for the sake of him for whom the people of Israel hope.”
- International Standard Version
That’s why I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”
- Literal Standard Version
for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with [you], for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
- New American Bible
This is the reason, then, I have requested to see you and to speak with you, for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear these chains.”
- NET Bible
So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.”
- New Revised Standard Version
For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- New Heart English Bible
For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
- Weymouth New Testament
For these reasons, then, I have invited you here, that I might see you and speak to you; for it is for the sake of Him who is the hope of Israel that this chain hangs upon me.”
- World English Bible
For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
- Young’s Literal Translation
for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with you, for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.’
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