Acts 15:39 - Compare All Versions
Acts 15:39 NIV (New International Version)
They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus
Acts 15:39 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus
Acts 15:39 NLT (New Living Translation)
Their disagreement was so sharp that they separated. Barnabas took John Mark with him and sailed for Cyprus.
Acts 15:39 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus.
Acts 15:39 KJV (King James Version)
And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus
Acts 15:39 NKJV (New King James Version)
Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus
Acts 15:37-41 MSG (The Message)
Barnabas wanted to take John along, the John nicknamed Mark. But Paul wouldn’t have him; he wasn’t about to take along a quitter who, as soon as the going got tough, had jumped ship on them in Pamphylia. Tempers flared, and they ended up going their separate ways: Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus; Paul chose Silas and, offered up by their friends to the grace of the Master, went to Syria and Cilicia to put grit in those congregations.
Acts 15:39 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Now it turned into such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.
Acts 15:39 AMP (Amplified Bible)
And it became such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took [John] Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.
Acts 15:39 NET (New English Translation)
They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus