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Bible in Basic English
And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
New American Standard Bible
And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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.
Holman Bible
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
International Standard Version
The man replied, "How can I unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him.
A Conservative Version
And he said, For how can I unless some man may guide me? And he encouraged Philip, after coming up, to sit with him.
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.
Amplified
And he said, “Well, how could I [understand] unless someone guides me [correctly]?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
An Understandable Version
And the man replied, "How can I, except with someone's guidance?" Then he urged Philip to come and sit with him [in the chariot].
Anderson New Testament
He answered: How can I, unless some one instruct me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Common New Testament
And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
how can I, answer'd he, without some expositor? and he desired Philip to mount, and sit with him.
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.
Godbey New Testament
And he said, How could I, unless some one shall guide me? And he called upon Philip coming up, to sit with him;
Goodspeed New Testament
"Why, how can I," he answered, "unless someone explains it to me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.
John Wesley New Testament
And he said, How can I, unless some one guide me?
Julia Smith Translation
And he said, How can I, except somebody guide me? And he called upon Philip coming up to sit with him.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said, "So how could I, unless someone will guide me?" And he invited Philip to come up [and] sit with him.
Modern King James verseion
And he said, How can I unless some man should guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said, "How can I, except I had a guide?" And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Moffatt New Testament
he asked. "Why, how can I possibly understand it," said the eunuch, "unless some one puts me on the right track?" And he begged Philip to get up and sit beside him.
Montgomery New Testament
The eunuch answered, "Why, how can I unless someone shall show me the way?" And he begged Philip to get up and sit with him.
NET Bible
The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
New Heart English Bible
He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Noyes New Testament
And he said, How can I, unless some one shall guide me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Sawyer New Testament
And he said [No]; for how can I unless some one teaches me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
The Emphasized Bible
And, he, said - How indeed should be able - unless someone shall guide me? And he called upon Philip, to come up and sit with him.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
He replied, How indeed can I, except some person guide me in the way? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"How can I," the other answered, "unless some one will explain it to me?" and he invited Philip to get up and sit by his side.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
"Why, how can I," replied the eunuch, "unless some one explains it to me?" And he earnestly invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Williams New Testament
He answered, "How in the world could I, unless someone teaches me?" And he begged him to get up and sit with him.
World English Bible
He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Worrell New Testament
But he said, "How, in fact, were I able, unless some one should guide me?" And he besought Philip, having come up, to sit with him.
Worsley New Testament
And he said, How can I, unless some one guide me? and he desired Philip to come up and sit with him.
Youngs 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.
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 8:31
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Context Readings
Philip And The Ethiopian Eunuch
30 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? 31 And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side. 32 Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:
Cross References
Romans 10:14
But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
2 Kings 5:9
So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.
2 Kings 5:26
And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?
2 Kings 10:15-16
And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.
Psalm 25:8-9
Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.
Psalm 73:16-17
When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;
Psalm 73:22
As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
Proverbs 30:2-3
For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
Isaiah 29:18-19
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
Matthew 18:3-4
And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 10:15
Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
1 Corinthians 14:36-37
What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you?
James 1:10
But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.
James 1:21
For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
1 Peter 2:1-2
So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,