Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For I perceive that thou are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness.
New American Standard Bible
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in
King James Version
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Holman Bible
For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”
International Standard Version
For I see that you're being poisoned by bitterness and you're a prisoner of wickedness!"
American Standard Version
For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
Amplified
For I see that you are
An Understandable Version
For I can see that your life is as bitter gall [i.e., very evil] and you are enslaved by [your] sins."
Anderson New Testament
For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Bible in Basic English
For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.
Common New Testament
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity."
Daniel Mace New Testament
for I perceive you are upon the brink of misery, led captive by your sin.
Darby Translation
for I see thee to be in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.
Godbey New Testament
for I see thou art in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity.
Goodspeed New Testament
For I see that you are a bitter poison and a bundle of iniquity!"
John Wesley New Testament
For I see, thou art in the gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity.
Julia Smith Translation
For I see thee being in the bile of bitterness, and bond of iniquity.
King James 2000
For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For I see you are in {a state of bitter envy} and {bound by unrighteousness}."
Modern King James verseion
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I perceive that thou art full of bitter gall, and wrapped in iniquity."
Moffatt New Testament
For I see you are a bitter poison and a pack of evil."
Montgomery New Testament
"For I perceive that you still stand in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of unrighteousness."
NET Bible
For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin."
New Heart English Bible
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
Noyes New Testament
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Sawyer New Testament
for I see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness.
The Emphasized Bible
For see that thou servest as a gall-root of bitterness, and a bond of unrighteousness.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For I see that you have fallen into the 'bitterness of envy' and the 'fetters of sin.'"
Webster
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Weymouth New Testament
For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."
Williams New Testament
For I see that you are a bitter weed and a bundle of crookedness!"
World English Bible
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
Worrell New Testament
for I see that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity."
Worsley New Testament
for I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity.
Youngs Literal Translation
for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive thee being.'
Themes
Bondage, spiritual » General references to the bondage of sin
Bondage, spiritual » Is to sin
Christian ministers » Incorruptible » Peter
Christian ministers » Faithful » Peter
Covetousness » Instances of » Simon magus, in trying to buy the gift of the holy spirit
Gall » Figurative » Gall of bitterness
Hypocrites » Exemplified » Simon
Integrity » Instances of » Peter, when offered money by simon magus
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
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Morish
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 8:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Philip Preaches In Samaria
22 Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee. 23 For I perceive that thou are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness. 24 And having answered, Simon said, Beg ye to the Lord for me, so that none of which things ye have spoken may come upon me.
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Cross References
Hebrews 12:15
Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,
Deuteronomy 29:18-20
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations. Lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood,
Deuteronomy 32:32-33
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter.
Job 20:14
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within him.
Psalm 116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant. I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou have loosed my bonds.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong. For I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, LORD of hosts, upon the whole earth.
Isaiah 58:6
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Jeremiah 9:15
Therefore thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Lamentations 3:5
He has built against me, and encompassed me with gall and travail.
Lamentations 3:19
Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
John 8:34
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, that every man who does the sin is a bondman of the sin.
Romans 6:17-22
But thanks to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but ye obeyed from the heart a model of doctrine for which ye were delivered.
Titus 3:3
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,
2 Peter 2:19
promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.