Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
So Philip ran up to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
New American Standard Bible
Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
King James Version
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Holman Bible
When Philip ran up to it, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”
International Standard Version
So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah out loud. Philip asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"
A Conservative Version
And after running near, Philip heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. And he said, Do thou also really understand the things that thou read?
American Standard Version
And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Amplified
Philip ran up and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah, and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
An Understandable Version
So, Philip ran over to it and [when he got near enough] he heard the Ethiopian eunuch reading from Isaiah the prophet and asked him, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
Anderson New Testament
And Philip ran forward, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah; and he said: Do you understand what you are reading?
Bible in Basic English
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
Daniel Mace New Testament
Philip ran to him, and hearing him read the prophet Esaias, said, do you understand what you read?
Darby Translation
And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?
Godbey New Testament
And Philip running forth, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said; Whether do you understand what you are reading?
Goodspeed New Testament
Philip ran up and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and he said to him, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
John Wesley New Testament
And Philip running to him, heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Julia Smith Translation
And Philip running near, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and he said, Truly knowest thou what thou readest?
King James 2000
And Philip ran to him, and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you read?
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Philip ran up to [it] [and] heard him reading aloud Isaiah the prophet and said, "So then, do you understand what you are reading?"
Modern King James verseion
And Philip ran there to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you indeed understand what you are reading?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Philip ran to him, and heard him read Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Understandest thou what thou readest?"
Moffatt New Testament
When Philip ran up, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. "Do you really understand what you are reading?"
Montgomery New Testament
So Philip ran up, and heard him reading Isaiah the Prophet, and said to him. "Do you understand what you are reading?"
NET Bible
So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, "Do you understand what you're reading?"
New Heart English Bible
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
Noyes New Testament
And Philip ran up, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Well, but dost thou understand what thou art reading?
Sawyer New Testament
And Philip running forward heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and he said, Do you really understand what you read?
The Emphasized Bible
And, running near, Philip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said - Dost thou, then, understand what thou art reading?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then Philip running up to him, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah; and he said, Well! but dost thou understand what thou art reading?
Twentieth Century New Testament
So Philip ran up, and he heard the Abyssinian reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.
Webster
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Weymouth New Testament
So Philip ran up and heard the eunuch reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.
Williams New Testament
Then Philip ran up and listened to him reading the prophet Isaiah, and he asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
World English Bible
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
Worrell New Testament
And Philip, having run near, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you, then, understand what you are reading?"
Worsley New Testament
heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou understand what thou readest?
Youngs Literal Translation
and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 8:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Philip And The Ethiopian Eunuch
29 And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot." 30 So Philip ran up to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" 31 And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Cross References
Matthew 13:19
when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Matthew 13:23
But the one who received seed on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."
Matthew 13:51
Jesus asked, "Have you understood all these things?" "Yes," they said to him.
Matthew 15:10
And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand:
Matthew 24:15
"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination of desolation,' spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand)
Mark 13:14
"When you see 'the abomination of desolation' standing where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Luke 24:44-45
Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.
John 5:39
You search the Scriptures, because in them you think that you have eternal life; and these are they that testify of me.
Acts 8:27
So he got up and went. And there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,
1 Corinthians 14:19
but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Revelation 13:18
This calls for wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; its number is six hundred and sixty-six.