Acts 8:9 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
There was therefore great joy in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon, who before had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one:
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, there was great gladness in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon, who formerly had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practise sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
But there was a certain man, Simon by name, which beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
LSV Literal Standard Version
And a certain man, by name Simon, was previously in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,
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
But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
But there was a certain man called Simon, who before in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And there was before in the citie a certaine man called Simon, which vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he himselfe was some great man.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But there was a certain man in the city named Simon, who had earlier been practicing sorcery; he used to astonish the people of Samaria, while claiming that he was an important person.
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 ther was a certayne man called Simon which before tyme in the same cite vsed witche crafte and bewitched the people of Samarie sayinge that he was a man that coulde do greate thinges
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,
FBV Free Bible Version
Now there was a man named Simon who lived in the city. He practiced sorcery. He claimed that he was someone very important, and had astounded the people of Samaria
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
But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Por lo qual hubo grande gozo en aquella ciudad. Habia allí un varón por nombre Simón, que antes había sido mago en la ciudad, engañando las gentes de Samaria, diciendo que él era una gran persona:
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y había un hombre llamado Simón, el cual había sido antes mágico en aquella ciudad, y había engañado la gente de Samaria, diciéndose ser algún grande:
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Vivía en Samaria un tal Simón, que había ejercido la magia durante muchos años, y tenía asombrada a la gente haciéndose pasar por alguien muy grande.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero un hombre llamado Simón practicaba la magia y asombraba a la gente de Samaria y se hacía pasar como un gran personaje.
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)
Había, pues, un hombre llamado Simón, que vivía en la ciudad donde se solía practicar la hechicería. Él afirmaba ser muy importante, y había asombrado al pueblo de Samaria,
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)
Había allí un hombre llamado Simón, que desde antes practicaba la magia en la ciudad y asombraba a la gente de Samaria, diciendo que él era alguien grande.
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)
Ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων καὶ ἐξιστῶν τὸ ἔθνος τῆς Σαμαρείας, λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτὸν μέγαν·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ανηρ δε τις ονοματι σιμων προυπηρχεν εν τη πολει μαγευων και εξιστων το εθνος της σαμαρειας, λεγων ειναι τινα εαυτον μεγαν·
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)
Ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων καὶ ἐξιστῶν τὸ ἔθνος τῆς Σαμαρείας, λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτὸν μέγαν·
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ανηρ δε τισ ονοματι σιμων προυπηρχεν εν τη πολει μαγευων και εξιστων το εθνοσ τησ σαμαρειασ λεγων ειναι τινα εαυτον μεγαν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων καὶ ἐξιστάνων τὸ ἔθνος τῆς Σαμαρίας, λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτὸν μέγαν,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων καὶ ⸀ἐξιστάνων τὸ ἔθνος τῆς Σαμαρείας, λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτὸν μέγαν,
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
Vir autem quidam nomine Simon, qui ante fuerat in civitate magus, seducens gentem Samariæ, dicens se esse aliquem magnum:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Мꙋ́жъ же нѣ́кїй, и҆́менемъ сі́мѡнъ, пре́жде бѣ̀ во гра́дѣ волхвꙋ́ѧ и҆ ᲂу҆дивлѧ́ѧ ꙗ҆зы́къ самарі́йскїй, глаго́лѧ нѣ́коего бы́ти себѐ вели́ка,
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)
Находился же в городе некоторый муж, именем Симон, который перед тем волхвовал и изумлял народ Самарийский, выдавая себя за кого-то великого.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Άνθρωπος δε τις Σίμων ονομαζόμενος προϋπήρχεν εν τη πόλει, κάμνων μαγείας και εκπλήττων τον λαόν της Σαμαρείας, λέγων εαυτόν ότι είναι μέγας τις·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А беше један човек, по имену Симон, који пре чараше у граду и довођаше у чудо народ самаријски, говорећи да је он нешто велико;
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A beše jedan čovek, po imenu Simon, koji pre čaraše u gradu i dovođaše u čudo narod samarijski, govoreći da je on nešto veliko;
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَكَانَ قَبْلًا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ ٱسْمُهُ سِيمُونُ، يَسْتَعْمِلُ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَيُدْهِشُ شَعْبَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، قَائِلًا إِنَّهُ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ!
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC