ACTs 12:23 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and having become worm-eaten, he died.

UST Herod accepted the praise of the people instead of telling them they should praise God. So while the people were still praising Herod, the Lord God sent an angel to punish him. That angel punished him severely: Worms ate him and he died.

BSB § Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

BLB And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him in return for that he did not give the glory to God. And having been eaten by worms, he breathed his last.

AICNT Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give the glory to God; and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

OEB Instantly an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was attacked with worms, and died.

WEBBE Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

LSV And immediately a messenger of the LORD struck him in return for that he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

FBV Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory. He was consumed by worms and died.

TCNT Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give [fn]glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last breath.

12:23 glory ¦ the glory ANT CT TR

T4T So, because Herod let the people praise him instead of praising God, immediately an angel from the Lord God caused Herod to become seriously ill. Many worms ate his intestines, and soon he died very painfully.

LEB And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down because[fn] he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and[fn] died.

12:23 Literally “in return for which”

12:23 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“was”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

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Wymth Instantly an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the glory to God, and being eaten up by worms, he died.

ASV And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

DRA And forthwith an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God: and being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost.

YLT and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

Drby And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to [fn]God, and he expired, eaten of worms.

12.23 Elohim

RV And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Wbstr And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and died.

KJB-1769 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

KJB-1611 And immediatly the Angel of the Lord smote him, because hee gaue not God the glory, and hee was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
(And immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory, and he was eaten of wormes, and gave up the ghost.)

Bshps And immediatly the Angel of ye Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God ye honour, & he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
(And immediately the Angel of ye/you_all Lord smote him, because he gave not God ye/you_all honour, and he was eaten of wormes, and gave up the ghost.)

Gnva But immediatly the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gaue not glorie vnto God, so that he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
(But immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not glory unto God, so that he was eaten of wormes, and gave up the ghost. )

Cvdl Immediatly the angell of the LORDE smote him, because he gaue not God the honoure: And he was eaten vp of wormes, and gaue vp the goost.
(Immediatly the angell of the LORD smote him, because he gave not God the honoure: And he was eaten up of wormes, and gave up the ghost.)

TNT And immediatly the angell of the Lorde smote him because he gave not God the honoure and he was eatyn of wormes and gave vp the goost.
(And immediately the angell of the Lord smote him because he gave not God the honoure and he was eatyn of worms and gave up the ghost. )

Wycl And anoon an aungel of the Lord smoot hym, for he hadde not youun onour to God; and he was wastid of wormes, and diede.
(And anon/immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, for he had not given honour to God; and he was wastid of wormes, and diede.)

Luth Alsbald schlug ihn der Engel des HErr’s, darum daß er die Ehre nicht GOtt gab, und ward gefressen von den Würmern und gab den Geist auf.
(Alsbald hit/beat him/it the/of_the angel the LORD’s, therefore that he the Ehre not God gave, and what/which gefressen from the Würmern and gave the spirit auf.)

ClVg Confestim autem percussit eum angelus Domini, eo quod non dedisset honorem Deo: et consumptus a vermibus, expiravit.[fn]
(Confestim however he_struck him angelus Master, eo that not/no dedisset honorem Deo: and consumptus from vermibus, expiravit. )

12.23 Confestim, etc. Dum impietatem illicitæ adulationis non exhorreret, respiciens paulo post imminentem et insistentem capiti suo vidit angelum, eumque sensit continuo exitii sui ministrum, quem prius noverat provisorem bonorum. Inde continuis septem diebus ventris dolore cruciatus, vitam violenter abrupit.

12.23 Confestim, etc. Dum impietatem illicitæ adulationis not/no exhorreret, respiciens paulo after imminentem and insistentem capiti his_own he_saw a_messenger/angel, eumque sensit continuo exitii sui ministrum, which first/before noverat provisorem bonorum. Inde continuis seven days ventris dolore cruciatus, life violenter abrupit.

UGNT παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ἄγγελος Κυρίου, ἀνθ’ ὧν οὐκ ἔδωκεν τὴν δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ γενόμενος σκωληκόβρωτος, ἐξέψυξεν.
(paraⱪraʸma de epataxen auton angelos Kuriou, anth’ hōn ouk edōken taʸn doxan tōi Theōi, kai genomenos skōlaʸkobrōtos, exepsuxen.)

SBL-GNT παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ἄγγελος κυρίου ἀνθʼ ὧν οὐκ ἔδωκεν ⸀τὴν δόξαν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ γενόμενος σκωληκόβρωτος ἐξέψυξεν.
(paraⱪraʸma de epataxen auton angelos kuriou anthʼ hōn ouk edōken ⸀taʸn doxan tōi theōi, kai genomenos skōlaʸkobrōtos exepsuxen.)

TC-GNT Παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ἄγγελος Κυρίου, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν οὐκ ἔδωκε [fn]δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ· καὶ γενόμενος σκωληκόβρωτος, ἐξέψυξεν.
(Paraⱪraʸma de epataxen auton angelos Kuriou, anth hōn ouk edōke doxan tōi Theōi; kai genomenos skōlaʸkobrōtos, exepsuxen. )

12:23 δοξαν ¦ την δοξαν ANT CT TR

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἀνθ’ ὧν οὐκ ἔδωκεν τὴν δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ

for that not ˱he˲_gave the glory ¬the ˱to˲_God

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”

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