Acts 8:19 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
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Saying: Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I shall lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said to him:
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
saying, “Give this power to me also, so that on whomever I will lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him:
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
LSV Literal Standard Version
saying, “Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.”
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
saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive [the] Holy Spirit.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Saying, Giue mee also this power, that on whomsoeuer I lay the handes, he may receiue the holy Ghost.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He said, “Give me this power, too, that whoever I place my hands on might receive the Holy Spirit.”
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)
Geve me also this power that on whom soever I put the hondes he maye receave the holy goost.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
saying, 'Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.'
FBV Free Bible Version
“Give me this power, too,” he asked them, “so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit.”
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
Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Diciendo: Dadme á mí también ésta potestad, que reciba el Espíritu Santo todo aquel á quien yo impusiere las manos. Y Pedro lè dixo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Diciendo: Dadme también á mí esta potestad, que á cualquiera que pusiere las manos encima, reciba el Espíritu Santo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
―Este dinero es para que me permitan obtener ese poder —les dijo—. Quiero que al imponer las manos sobre la gente, reciban el Espíritu Santo.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
y dijo: Denme también este poder para que a cualquiera a quien imponga las manos reciba el Espíritu Santo.
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)
“Dénme este poder también”, les pidió, “para que cualquiera sobre el cual yo coloque mis manos, reciba el Espíritu Santo”.
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)
diciendo: Denme también a mí este poder, para que cualquiera a quien yo imponga las manos reciba el Espíritu Santo.
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)
λέγων· δότε κἀμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην, ἵνα ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας λαμβάνῃ Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
λεγων· δοτε καμοι την εξουσιαν ταυτην, ινα ω εαν επιθω τας χειρας λαμβανη πνευμα αγιον.
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)
λέγων, Δότε κἀμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην, ἵνα ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας, λαμβάνῃ πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
λεγων δοτε καμοι την εξουσιαν ταυτην ινα ω εαν επιθω τασ χειρασ λαμβανη πνευμα αγιον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
λέγων Δότε κἀμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἵνα ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας λαμβάνῃ Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
λέγων· Δότε κἀμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἵνα ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας λαμβάνῃ πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
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
dicens: Date et mihi hanc potestatem, ut cuicumque imposuero manus, accipiat Spiritum Sanctum. Petrus autem dixit ad eum:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
глаго́лѧ: дади́те и҆ мнѣ̀ вла́сть сїю̀, да, на него́же а҆́ще положꙋ̀ рꙋ́цѣ, прїи́метъ дх҃а ст҃а́го.
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)
говоря: дайте и мне власть сию, чтобы тот, на кого я возложу руки, получал Духа Святаго.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
λέγων· Δότε και εις εμέ την εξουσίαν ταύτην, ώστε εις όντινα επιθέσω τας χείρας να λαμβάνη Πνεύμα Άγιον.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
говорећи: Дајте и мени ову власт да кад метнем руке на кога прими Духа Светог.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
govoreći: Dajte i meni ovu vlast da kad metnem ruke na koga primi Duha Svetog.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
قَائِلًا: «أَعْطِيَانِي أَنَا أَيْضًا هَذَا ٱلسُّلْطَانَ، حَتَّى أَيُّ مَنْ وَضَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَدَيَّ يَقْبَلُ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC