31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up, and sit with him.


In Context

28 Was returning; and sitting in his chariot, read Isaiah the prophet.

29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot.

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

31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up, and sit with him.

32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth:

33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

Acts 8:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:31"How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:31Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31He said, |How can I, unless someone explains it to me?| He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31and he said, 'Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.