Acts 8:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 8:20 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 →
Πέτρος
Pétros
G4074
Peter
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
αὐτόν
autós
G846
he
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
ἀργύριόν
argýrion
G694
silver
σου
sý
G4771
you
σὺν
sýn
G4862
with
σοὶ
sý
G4771
you
εἴη
eimí
G1510
to be
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
ἀπώλειαν
apṓleia
G684
destruction
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
δωρεὰν
dōreá
G1431
gift
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
θεοῦ
theós
G2316
God
ἐνόμισας
nomízō
G3543
to hold custom
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
χρημάτων
chrēma
G5536
thing
κτᾶσθαι
ktáomai
G2932
to acquire
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
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King James Version Public Domain
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Peter said to him, “May your silver be with you unto destruction, because you thought to obtain the gift of God through money!
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).