Acts 8:31
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, 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 opened he 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 every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.