23and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.


In Context

20 And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who is over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king's;

21 and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them,

22 and the populace were shouting, 'The voice of a god, and not of a man;'

23 and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

24 And the word of God did grow and did multiply,

25 and Barnabas and Saul did turn back out of Jerusalem, having fulfilled the ministration, having taken also with them John, who was surnamed Mark.

Acts 12:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:23And forthwith an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God: and being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and died.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.