KJV - In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

ASV - In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:

BBE - In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

WEB - In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.

YLT - In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

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