Acts 8:11 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and they were giving heed to him, because of his having amazed them for a long time with deeds of magic.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And to him they had regard, because that for a long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And they gaue heed vnto him, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
They listened to him, because he had astonished them for a long time with his sorceries.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And him they set moche by because of longe tyme with sorcery he had mocked them.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with deeds of magic.
FBV Free Bible Version
They were impressed by him because he had amazed them with his magic for so long.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y le atendían: porque con sus artes mágicas los habia entontecido mucho tiempo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y le estaban atentos, porque con sus artes mágicas los había embelesado mucho tiempo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
La gente le hacía caso, porque por mucho tiempo las había engañado con su magia.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Le prestaban mucha atención porque los asombró con las magias durante mucho tiempo.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Y estaban impresionados de él porque los había asombrado con su magia por mucho tiempo.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Le prestaban atención porque durante mucho tiempo los había asombrado con sus artes mágicas.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
προσεῖχον δὲ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸ ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ ταῖς μαγείαις ἐξεστακέναι αὐτούς.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
προσειχον δε αυτω δια το ικανω χρονω ταις μαγειαις εξεστακεναι αυτους.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Προσεῖχον δὲ αὐτῷ, διὰ τὸ ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ ταῖς μαγείαις ἐξεστακέναι αὐτούς.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
προσειχον δε αυτω δια το ικανω χρονω ταισ μαγειαισ εξεστακεναι αυτουσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
προσεῖχον δὲ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸ ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ ταῖς μαγίαις ἐξεστακέναι αὐτούς.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
προσεῖχον δὲ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸ ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ ταῖς μαγείαις ἐξεστακέναι αὐτούς.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Attendebant autem eum: propter quod multo tempore magiis suis dementasset eos.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Внима́хꙋ же є҆мꙋ̀, занѐ дово́льно вре́мѧ волхвова̑нїи ᲂу҆дивлѧ́ше и҆̀хъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
А внимали ему потому, что он немалое время изумлял их волхвованиями.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Έδιδον δε προσοχήν εις αυτόν, διότι είχεν εκπλήξει αυτούς πολύν καιρόν με τας μαγείας.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А зато гледаху на њега што их много времена чинима удивљаваше.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A zato gledahu na njega što ih mnogo vremena činima udivljavaše.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَكَانُوا يَتْبَعُونَهُ لِكَوْنِهِمْ قَدِ ٱنْدَهَشُوا زَمَانًا طَوِيلًا بِسِحْرِهِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC