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


In Context

27 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.

28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

29 The Spirit said to Philip, |Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.|

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

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

32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, |He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.

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 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?