Acts 8:23
“For I perceiue that thou art in the gall of bitternesse, and in the bond of iniquitie.”
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Acts 8:23 Context
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiuen thee. 23For I perceiue that thou art in the gall of bitternesse, and in the bond of iniquitie. 24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for mee, that none of these things which ye haue spoken, come vpon me. 25And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Hierusalem, and preached the Gospel in many villages of the Samaritanes.
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Other Translations for Acts 8:23
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.
- King James Version
"For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.
- Basic English Bible
for I see thee to be in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.
- Darby Bible
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
- Webster's Bible
For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."
- Weymouth Bible
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
- World English Bible
For Y se that thou art in the gall of bitternesse and in the boond of wickidnesse.
- Wycliffe Bible
for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive thee being.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Acts 8:23
Ac 8:23 For I perceive that thou art. His great sin had brought him into the state now described. In the gall of bitterness. The gall of reptiles was considered by ancients the source of their venom. The expression would denote moral corruption. In the bond of iniquity. Bound by iniquity.