Acts 12:22
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New International Version (©2011)
They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man."

New Living Translation (©2007)
The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, "It's the voice of a god, not of a man!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The people kept crying out, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The assembled people began to shout, "It's the voice of a god and not of a man!"

International Standard Version (©2012)
The people kept shouting, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man!"

NET Bible (©2006)
But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
All the people were crying out and saying, “These are the sayings of God and not of men.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The people started shouting, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

American King James Version
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

American Standard Version
And the people shouted,'saying , The voice of a god, and not of a man.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people made acclamation, saying: It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

Darby Bible Translation
And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.

English Revised Version
And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

Weymouth New Testament
and the assembled people kept shouting, "It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!"

World English Bible
The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

Young's Literal Translation
and the populace were shouting, 'The voice of a god, and not of a man;'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:20-25 Many heathen princes claimed and received Divine honours, but it was far more horrible impiety in Herod, who knew the word and worship of the living God, to accept such idolatrous honours without rebuking the blasphemy. And such men as Herod, when puffed with pride and vanity, are ripening fast for signal vengeance. God is very jealous for his own honour, and will be glorified upon those whom he is not glorified by. See what vile bodies we carry about with us; they have in them the seeds of their own dissolution, by which they will soon be destroyed, whenever God does but speak the word. We may learn wisdom from the people of Tyre and Sidon, for we have offended the Lord with our sins. We depend on him for life, and breath, and all things; it surely then behoves us to humble ourselves before him, that through the appointed Mediator, who is ever ready to befriend us, we may be reconciled to him, lest wrath come upon us to the utmost.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 22. - Shouted for gave a shout, A.V.; the voice for it is the voice, A.V.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the people gave a shout,.... At the end of the oration; these were flatterers, as Josephus says in the place before referred to, who cried out one from another, saluting him as God; saying, be merciful to us, hitherto we have revered thee as a man, henceforward we confess thee somewhat more excellent than mortal nature: and so it follows here,

saying it is the voice of a God, and not of a man; the Vulgate Latin version reads, "the voices of God and not men"; and the Ethiopic version, "the city shouted in, or with the voice of God", with the voice of man; as if this referred to the acclamation of the people, and not the speech of the king; very wrongly.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

22, 23. the people gave a shout, &c.—Josephus' account of his death is remarkably similar to this [Antiquities, 19.8.2]. Several cases of such deaths occur in history. Thus was this wretched man nearer his end than he of whom he had thought to make a public spectacle.

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The Death of Herod
20And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. 21And on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne, and made an oration to them. 22And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. …

Acts 12:21 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people.
Acts 12:23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.