Acts 12:23 “Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the…”

Acts 12:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And 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.

World English Bible

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.

American Standard Version

And 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But immediatly the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gaue not glorie vnto God, so that he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

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Cross references

“the angel”

1 Samuel 25:38 Exodus 12:29 Exodus 12:12 Exodus 12:23 1 Chronicles 21:14–18 2 Chronicles 32:21

1 Samuel 25:38 · BSB

About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

Exodus 12:29 · BSB

Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among th…

Exodus 12:12 · BSB

On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

Exodus 12:23 · BSB

When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike y…

1 Chronicles 21:14–18 · BSB

So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.

2 Chronicles 32:21 · BSB

and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his go…

“because”

Psalm 115:1 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Daniel 4:30–37 Daniel 5:18–24 Isaiah 37:23 Ezekiel 28:2

Psalm 115:1 · BSB

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.

2 Thessalonians 2:4 · BSB

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

Daniel 4:30–37 · BSB

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Daniel 5:18–24 · BSB

As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

Isaiah 37:23 · BSB

Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Ezekiel 28:2 · BSB

“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though yo…

“and he”

Isaiah 51:8 Isaiah 66:24 Job 7:5 Job 19:26 Isaiah 14:11 2 Chronicles 21:18

Isaiah 51:8 · BSB

For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

Isaiah 66:24 · BSB

“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

Job 7:5 · BSB

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Job 19:26 · BSB

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

Isaiah 14:11 · BSB

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.

2 Chronicles 21:18 · BSB

After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

Also

2 Samuel 24:16–17 Mark 9:43–48 2 Kings 19:35

2 Samuel 24:16–17 · BSB

But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LOR…

Mark 9:43–48 · BSB

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

2 Kings 19:35 · BSB

And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

24But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

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