Acts 19:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 19:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἐπεχείρησαν
epicheiréō
G2021
to take in hand
δέ
dé
G1161
but
τινες
tìs
G5100
a certain
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
περιερχομένων
periérchomai
G4022
to go about
Ἰουδαίων
Ioudaîos
G2453
Jewish
ἐξορκιστῶν
exorkistḗs
G1845
exorcist
ὀνομάζειν
onomázō
G3687
to name
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
ἔχοντας
échō
G2192
to have
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
πνεύματα
pneûma
G4151
spirit
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
πονηρὰ
ponērós
G4190
evil
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
ὄνομα
ónoma
G3686
name
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
κυρίου
kýrios
G2962
Lord
Ἰησοῦ
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
λέγοντες
légō
G3004
to say
ὁρκίζω
horkízō
G3726
to adjure
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
Ἰησοῦν
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
ὃν
hós
G3739
who
Παῦλος
Paûlos
G3972
Paul
κηρύσσει
kērýssō
G2784
to proclaim
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World English Bible Public Domain
But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."
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King James Version Public Domain
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now some of the traveling Jewish exorcists also tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over the ones having evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).