Acts 13:11

⁹ Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

¹⁰ and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

¹² When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

¹³ After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
KJV: And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
WEB: Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
ASV: And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
DARBY: And now behold, [the] Lord's hand [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.
BLB: And now behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.” And immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and going about, he was seeking someone to lead [him] by the hand.

ÅB: Og nå, se, Herrens hånd er over deg, og du skal bli blind og til en tid ikke se solen. Og straks falt det skodde og mørke over ham, og han gikk omkring og søkte etter noen som kunne lede ham ved hånden.
OTB: Nå er Herrens hånd over deg, og du skal bli blind, ute av stand til å se solen for en tid." Straks falt det tåke og mørke over ham, og han gikk omkring og søkte noen som kunne lede ham ved hånden.
B1930: Og nu, se, Herrens hånd er over dig, og du skal bli blind og til en tid ikke se solen. Og straks falt det skodde og mørke over ham, og han gikk omkring og søkte efter nogen som kunde lede ham ved hånden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 9:3
then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
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Psalms 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
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1 Samuel 5:11
Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.
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Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Job 19:21
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
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John 9:39
Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
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2 Peter 2:17
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
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1 Samuel 5:9
But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
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