Acts 8:22 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
Do penance therefore for this thy wickedness; and pray to God, that perhaps this thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And so, repent from this, your wickedness, and beg God, so that perhaps this plan of your heart might be forgiven you.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to God. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.
LSV Literal Standard Version
convert, therefore, from this your wickedness, and implore God, if then the purpose of your heart may be forgiven you,
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
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and supplicate the Lord, if indeed the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Repent therefore of this thy wickednes, and pray God, that if it be possible, the thought of thine heart may be forgiuen thee.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, so that he might perhaps forgive you for the intention of your heart.
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)
Repent therfore of this thy wickednes and praye God that the thought of thyne hert maye be forgeven the.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,
FBV Free Bible Version
Repent of your evil ways! Pray to the Lord and ask forgiveness for thinking like this.
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
Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Haz pues penitencia de ésta tu malicia: y ruega á Dios, si por ventura te será perdonado éste pensamiento de tu corazón.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Arrepiéntete pues de esta tu maldad, y ruega á Dios, si quizás te será perdonado el pensamiento de tu corazón.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Arrepiéntete de esta maldad y ora. Quizás Dios te perdone los malos pensamientos,
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Por tanto cambia de mente en cuanto a esta maldad y ruega al Señor. Tal vez te sea perdonado lo que pensaste.
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)
¡Arrepiéntete de tu mal camino! Ora al Señor y pídele perdón por pensar de esta manera.
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)
Arrepiéntete, pues, de esta maldad tuya, y ruega a Dios, por si tal vez te sea perdonado el pensamiento de tu corazón.
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)
μετανόησον οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας σου ταύτης, καὶ δεήθητι τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰ ἄρα ἀφεθήσεταί σοι ἡ ἐπίνοια τῆς καρδίας σου·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
μετανοησον ουν απο της κακιας σου ταυτης, και δεηθητι του θεου ει αρα αφεθησεται σοι η επινοια της καρδιας σου·
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)
Μετανόησον οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας σου ταύτης, καὶ δεήθητι τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰ ἄρα ἀφεθήσεταί σοι ἡ ἐπίνοια τῆς καρδίας σου.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
μετανοησον ουν απο τησ κακιασ σου ταυτησ και δεηθητι του θεου ει αρα αφεθησεται σοι η επινοια τησ καρδιασ σου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
μετανόησον οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας σου ταύτης, καὶ δεήθητι τοῦ Κυρίου εἰ ἄρα ἀφεθήσεταί σοι ἡ ἐπίνοια τῆς καρδίας σου·
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
μετανόησον οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας σου ταύτης, καὶ δεήθητι τοῦ ⸀κυρίου εἰ ἄρα ἀφεθήσεταί σοι ἡ ἐπίνοια τῆς καρδίας σου·
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
Pœnitentiam itaque age ab hac nequitia tua: et roga Deum, si forte remittatur tibi hæc cogitatio cordis tui.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
пока́йсѧ ᲂу҆̀бо ѡ҆ ѕло́бѣ твое́й се́й и҆ моли́сѧ бг҃ꙋ, а҆́ще ᲂу҆́бѡ ѿпꙋ́ститсѧ тѝ помышле́нїе се́рдца твоегѡ̀:
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)
Итак покайся в сем грехе твоем, и молись Богу: может быть, опустится тебе помысел сердца твоего;
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Μετανόησον λοιπόν από της κακίας σου ταύτης και δεήθητι του Θεού, ίσως συγχωρηθή εις σε η επίνοια της καρδίας σου·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Покај се дакле од ове своје пакости, и моли се Богу да би ти се опростила помисао срца твог.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Pokaj se dakle od ove svoje pakosti, i moli se Bogu da bi ti se oprostila pomisao srca tvog.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَتُبْ مِنْ شَرِّكَ هَذَا، وَٱطْلُبْ إِلَى ٱللهِ عَسَى أَنْ يُغْفَرَ لَكَ فِكْرُ قَلْبِكَ،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC