Acts 8:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 8:9 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 →
Ἀνὴρ
anḗr
G435
man
δέ
dé
G1161
but
τις
tìs
G5100
a certain
ὀνόματι
ónoma
G3686
name
Σίμων
Símōn
G4613
Simon
προϋπῆρχεν
proÿpárchō
G4391
to exist before
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
πόλει
pólis
G4172
city
μαγεύων
mageúō
G3096
to practice magic
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐξιστάνων
exístēmi
G1839
to displace
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
ἔθνος
éthnos
G1484
nation
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
Σαμαρίας
Samáreia
G4540
Samaria
λέγων
légō
G3004
to say
εἶναί
eimí
G1510
to be
τινα
tìs
G5100
a certain
ἑαυτὸν
heautoû
G1438
himself
μέγαν
mégas
G3173
great
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World English Bible Public Domain
But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
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King James Version Public Domain
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But a certain man, Simon by name, was already practicing sorcery in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying himself to be someone great,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).