NASB
"and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,"
— Acts 16:20, NASB
“And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,”
“and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, ”
“When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,”
“When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews”
“And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews:”
“And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;”
“And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,”
Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, "These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."
She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.
But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the authorities,
and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."
The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.
When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely;