For wee cannot but speake the things which we haue seene and heard.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
- Basic English Bible

for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
- Darby Bible

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
- Webster's Bible

As for us, what we have seen and heard we cannot help speaking about."
- Weymouth Bible

for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
- World English Bible

For we moten nedis speke tho thingis, that we han sayn and herd.
- Wycliffe Bible

for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Acts 4:20

4:18 They charged them not to speak - Privately; nor teach - Publicly.

4:19 Whether it be just to obey you rather than God, judge ye - Was it not by the same spirit, that Socrates, when they were condemning him to death, for teaching the people, said, O ye Athenians, I embrace and love you; but I will obey God rather than you. And if you would spare my life on condition I should cease to teach my fellow citizens, I would die a thousand times rather than accept the proposal.

4:21 They all glorified God - So much wiser were the people than those who were over them.

People's Bible Notes for Acts 4:20

Ac 4:20 We cannot but speak. Are under a moral and spiritual obligation to speak. They had a Divine message, and must tell it.