Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And Peter said unto him - Thy silver, with thee, go to destruction! Because, the free-gift of God, thou didst suppose could, with money, be obtained!
New American Standard Bible
But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could
King James Version
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Holman Bible
But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!
International Standard Version
But Peter told him, "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's free gift with money!
A Conservative Version
But Peter said to him, Thy silver with thee, may it be for destruction, because thou thought to obtain the gift of God by money.
American Standard Version
But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.
Amplified
But Peter said to him, “May your money be destroyed along with you, because you thought you could buy the [free] gift of God with money!
An Understandable Version
But Peter said to him, "You and your money will both be destroyed for thinking you could buy the gift from God with money.
Anderson New Testament
But Peter said to him: Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God might be purchased with money.
Bible in Basic English
But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.
Common New Testament
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Daniel Mace New Testament
but Peter said unto him, thy money perish with thee, for thinking that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Darby Translation
And Peter said to him, Thy money go with thee to destruction, because thou hast thought that the gift of God can be obtained by money.
Godbey New Testament
And Peter said to him, Thy silver be unto destruction with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.
Goodspeed New Testament
But Peter said to him, "Go to destruction with your money, for thinking you could buy God's gift with it!
John Wesley New Testament
But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought to purchase the gift of God with money.
Julia Smith Translation
And Peter said to him, May thy silver be for ruin with thee, for thou thoughtest the gift of God to be purchased for money.
King James 2000
But Peter said unto him, Your money perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Peter said to him, "May your silver {be destroyed along with you}, because you thought {you could acquire} the gift of God by means of money!
Modern King James verseion
But Peter said to him, May your silver perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said Peter unto him, "Thy money perish with thee, because thou wenest that the gift of God may be obtained with money.
Moffatt New Testament
Peter said to him, "Death to you and your money, for dreaming you could buy the gift of God!
Montgomery New Testament
But Peter said to him. "Your money perish with you, because you have supposed that with money you can obtain God's free gift!"
NET Bible
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money!
New Heart English Bible
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money.
Noyes New Testament
But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee! because thou didst think to obtain the gift of God with money.
Sawyer New Testament
But Peter said to him, Your money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase the gift of God with money.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But Peter said unto him, May thy silver with thyself go into perdition, because thou hast imagined that the gift of God can be purchased with money.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"A curse upon you and upon your money," Peter exclaimed, "for thinking that God's free gift can be bought with gold!
Webster
But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Weymouth New Testament
"Perish your money and yourself," replied Peter, "because you have imagined that you can obtain God's free gift with money!
Williams New Testament
But Peter said to him, "Your money go to perdition with you for even dreaming you could buy the gift of God with money!
World English Bible
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Worrell New Testament
But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought to acquire the gift of God with money!
Worsley New Testament
But Peter said unto him, Let thy money perish with thee, since thou thoughtest to purchase the gift of God with money.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Peter said unto him, 'Thy silver with thee -- may it be to destruction! because the gift of God thou didst think to possess through money;
Themes
Christian ministers » Incorruptible » Peter
Christian ministers » Faithful » Peter
Covetousness » Instances of » Simon magus, in trying to buy the gift of the holy spirit
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » The holy ghost
Giving and gifts » The gift of God
Hypocrites » Exemplified » Simon
Integrity » Instances of » Peter, when offered money by simon magus
Miracles » Miraculous gifts of the holy spirit » Or purchased
Miraculous gifts of the holy ghost » Were not to be » Purchased
Offences against the holy ghost » Exhibited in » Undervaluing his gifts
Peter » Rebukes simon, the sorcerer, who desires to purchase this power
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Peter, of simon, the sorcerer
Samaria » City of, built by omri » Visited by philip, peter, and john
Simon » A sorcerer (also called simon magus) » Rebuked by peter
Temptation » Resisted, example of » Peter, by refusing a bribe
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 8:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Philip Preaches In Samaria
19 Saying - Give unto me also this authority, - in order that, on whomsoever may lay my hands, he may receive Holy Spirit. 20 And Peter said unto him - Thy silver, with thee, go to destruction! Because, the free-gift of God, thou didst suppose could, with money, be obtained! 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for, thy heart, is not upright before God.
Names
Cross References
Daniel 5:17
Then spake Daniel, and said before the king, As for thy gifts, thine own let them remain, and, thy presents, on another, bestow, - howbeit, the writing, will I read to the king, and, the interpretation thereof, will I make known to him.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said unto them - Repent ye, and let each one of you be immersed, in the name of Jesus Christ, into the remission of your sins, - and ye shall receive the free-gift of the Holy Spirit;
Matthew 10:8
Be curing, the sick, raising, the dead, - cleansing, lepers, casting out, demons: freely, ye have, received, freely, give.
Deuteronomy 7:26
and thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and so become devoted to destruction, like it, thou shalt, abhor, it, and thou shalt, loathe it, because a thing devoted to destruction, it is.
Deuteronomy 15:9
Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying - Drawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him, - and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin!
Joshua 7:24-25
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan - son of Zerah, and the silver and the mantle and the wedge of gold, and his sons and his daughters, and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up the valley of Achor.
2 Kings 5:15-16
And he returned unto the man of God, he and all his company; and came, and took his stand before him, and said - Lo! I pray thee - I know that there is no God in all the earth, save in Israel, - now, therefore, I pray thee, accept a blessing from thy servant.
2 Kings 5:26-27
Then he said unto him - My heart, had not gone with thee, when someone turned again from off his chariot, to meet thee! Is it a time to accept silver, or to accept raiment, or oliveyards, or vineyards, or flocks or herds, or men-servants, or maid-servants?
Proverbs 15:26
An abomination to Yahweh, are the plottings tings of the wicked, but, with the pure, are sayings of sweetness.
Isaiah 55:1
Ho! every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the waters, Yea he that hath no money, - Come ye - buy corn, and eat, Yea come - buy corn without money, And without price, wine and milk,
Habakkuk 2:9-10
Alas! for him who extorteth an extortion of wrong for his own house, - that he may set on high his nest, that he may be delivered from the grasp of calamity.
Zechariah 5:4
therefore have I brought it forth, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, And it shall enter - into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth by my name, falsely, - and it shall roost in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, both the timbers thereof, and the stones thereof.
Matthew 15:19
For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs, - murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:
Matthew 27:3-5
Then, Judas who had delivered him up, seeing that he was condemned, being smitten with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver unto the High-priests and Elders,
Acts 1:18
This man therefore had possessed himself of a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, - and falling headlong burst asunder in the midst, and forth gushed all his bowels;
Acts 8:22
Repent, therefore, from this thy baseness, and entreat of the Lord - whether, after all, the purpose of thy heart shall be forgiven thee;
Acts 10:45
And the faithful, of the circumcision, who had come with Peter, were amazed, - in that, upon the nations also, the free-gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out;
Acts 11:17
If therefore the like free-gift God gave unto them, as even unto us, when we had believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, who was, I, that could withstand God?
1 Timothy 6:9
But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction, -
James 5:3
Your gold and silver, have rusted away, and, their rust, shall be, witness against you, and shall eat your flesh, as fire! Ye have laid up treasure in days of extremity: -
2 Peter 2:14-17
Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed, - children of a curse, -
Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these things, who were enriched by her, afar off, shall stand, because of their fear of her torment, weeping, and grieving,