32Now 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.


In Context

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.

33 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.|

34 The eunuch answered Philip, |Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?|

Acts 8:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:32The 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 opened he not his mouth:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:32The 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:32And the place of the scripture which he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb without voice before his shearer, so openeth he not his mouth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:32And the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:32Now the place of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:32The 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:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:32And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: 'As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:32The 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 opened he not his mouth: