OET interlinear ACTs 12:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἀνθ’ ὧν οὐκ ἔδωκεν τὴν δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ

for that not ˱he˲_gave (Some words not found in SR-GNT: παραχρῆμα Δέ ἐπάταξεν αὐτόν ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἀνθʼ ὧν οὐκ ἔδωκεν τήν δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ καί γενόμενος σκωληκόβρωτος ἐξέψυξεν)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could put this reason before the result it led to (the angel striking Herod), as UST does.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

γενόμενος σκωληκόβρωτος, ἐξέψυξεν

˓having˒_become worm-infested ˱he˲_stopped_breathing

The word translated worm-eaten is an adjective, so this is not a passive verbal form. However, if your language does not use passive forms, it might be clearer for your readers if you use an expression that does not seem to be a passive verbal form. The word worm-eaten expresses the result of action by a different agent, so you can use an active form with that agent as the subject. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. UST models one way to do this.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

γενόμενος σκωληκόβρωτος, ἐξέψυξεν

˓having˒_become worm-infested ˱he˲_stopped_breathing

It is not clear exactly what this means, and you might choose to say nothing further in your translation. However, this could mean: (1) that when the angel struck Herod, this caused a deep wound, and by the time Herod died of this wound, it was already infested with maggots. Alternate translation: [he died after his wound became so infected that it was infested with maggots] (2) that the word struck is figurative and it refers to an illness, a severe case of intestinal worms. Alternate translation: [he got such a severe case of intestinal worms that he died]