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Source language
Original Greek   
διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡ σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ εἶπεν· Ἀποστελῶ εἰς αὐτοὺς προφήτας καὶ ἀποστόλους, καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενοῦσιν καὶ ⸀διώξουσιν,
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
dia touto kai e sophia tou theou eipen* Apostelo eis autous prophetas kai apostolous, kai ex auton apoktenousin kai rdioxousin,

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
propterea et sapientia Dei dixit mittam ad illos prophetas et apostolos et ex illis occident et persequentur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Authorized (King James) Version   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
New King James Version   
Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’
21st Century King James Version   
“Therefore also said the wisdom of God: ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute,’

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and'some of them they shall kill and persecute;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“Because of this The Wisdom of God said, “Behold, I am sending Prophets and Apostles to them, and some of them they shall persecute and murder”,
Darby Bible Translation   
For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
God's Word   
That's why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles. They will murder some of those prophets and apostles and persecute others.'
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Because of this, the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,'
International Standard Version   
That is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles. They will kill some of them and persecute others,'
NET Bible   
For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'
New American Standard Bible   
"For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute,
New International Version   
Because of this, God in his wisdom said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.'
New Living Translation   
This is what God in his wisdom said about you: 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.'
Webster's Bible Translation   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will slay and persecute:
Weymouth New Testament   
"For this reason also the Wisdom of God has said, 'I will send Prophets and Apostles to them, of whom they will kill some and persecute others,'
The World English Bible   
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
EasyEnglish Bible   
God is wise. Because you do not obey what is true, he said, “I will send my prophets and apostles to go to them. But they will kill some of my servants. They will hurt others of them.”
Young‘s Literal Translation   
because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,
New Life Version   
“For this reason the wisdom of God has said, ‘I will send them early preachers and missionaries. Some they will kill and some they will make it very hard for.’
Revised Geneva Translation   
“Therefore the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles. And of them they shall kill and persecute,’
The Voice Bible   
This is why the Wisdom of God said, “I will send these people My prophets and emissaries, and these people will kill and persecute many of them.”
Living Bible   
“This is what God says about you: ‘I will send prophets and apostles to you, and you will kill some of them and chase away the others.’
New Catholic Bible   
“That is why the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them Prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
Legacy Standard Bible   
For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute,
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and others they shall persecute:
Christian Standard Bible   
Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For this reason also the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets and apostles, [some] of whom they will put to death and persecute,
New Century Version   
This is why in his wisdom God said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. They will kill some, and they will treat others cruelly.’
The Message   
“You’re hopeless! You build tombs for the prophets your ancestors killed. The tombs you build are monuments to your murdering ancestors more than to the murdered prophets. That accounts for God’s Wisdom saying, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, but they’ll kill them and run them off.’ What it means is that every drop of righteous blood ever spilled from the time earth began until now, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was struck down between altar and sanctuary, is on your heads. Yes, it’s on the bill of this generation and this generation will pay.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For this reason the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles. Some of them they will kill and persecute,
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Indeed, for this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, · some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
New Matthew Bible   
Therefore the wisdom of God spoke: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some they will slay, and some persecute,
Good News Translation®   
For this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and messengers; they will kill some of them and persecute others.’
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore [and] the wisdom of God said, I shall send to them prophets and apostles, and of them they shall slay and pursue,
New Testament for Everyone   
“For all this, God’s Wisdom says, ‘I’m sending you prophets and ambassadors; some of them you will kill and persecute,’
Contemporary English Version   
Because of your evil deeds, the Wisdom of God said, “I will send prophets and apostles to you. But you will murder some and mistreat others.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then one of the experts in the Law said to him, “Master, when you say things like this, you are insulting us as well.” And he returned, “Yes, and I do blame you experts in the Law! For you pile up back-breaking burdens for men to bear, but you yourselves will not raise a finger to lift them. Alas for you, for you build memorial tombs for the prophets—the very men whom your fathers murdered. You show clearly enough how you approve your father’s actions. They did the actual killing and you put up a memorial to it. That is why the wisdom of God has said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will kill and some they will persecute!’ So that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the earth, from Abel to Zachariah who died between the altar and the sanctuary, shall be charged to this generation!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, “I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute”,
Common English Bible © 2011   
Therefore, God’s wisdom has said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them and they will harass and kill some of them.’
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For this reason also the wisdom of God said [in the Scriptures], ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will put to death and some they will persecute,
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute’,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’
New American Standard Bible   
For this reason also, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will persecute,
The Expanded Bible   
This is why ·in his wisdom God said [L God’s Wisdom said; C a personification of wisdom; Prov. 8], ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. ·They will kill some, and they will treat others cruelly [or Some they will persecute and kill].’
Tree of Life Version   
“For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and emissaries, and some of them they will kill and persecute,
Revised Standard Version   
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
New International Reader's Version   
So God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. They will kill some. And they will try to hurt others.’
BRG Bible   
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Complete Jewish Bible   
Therefore the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and emissaries; they will kill some and persecute others’;
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
That is why God, who is wise, said, "I will send prophets and messengers to them. They will kill some of them. And they will trouble some of them."
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, “I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute”,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Therefore, also the Chochmah of Hashem said, I will send to them Nevi’im and Shlichim, some of whom they will kill and persecute, [Lk 20:9-19]
Names of God Bible   
That’s why the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles. They will murder some of those prophets and apostles and persecute others.’
Modern English Version   
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’
Easy-to-Read Version   
This is why God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. Some of my prophets and apostles will be killed by evil men. Others will be treated badly.’
International Children’s Bible   
This is why in his wisdom God said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. Some of my prophets and apostles will be killed, and others will be treated cruelly.’
Lexham English Bible   
For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’
New International Version - UK   
Because of this, God in his wisdom said, “I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.”
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For this reason the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send-forth prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and persecute,