30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.


In Context

27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet.

29 The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.

31 "How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Acts 8:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Philip ran thither to [him,] and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, |Do you understand what you are reading?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understand you what you read?