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International Standard Version
The man replied, "How can I unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him.
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.
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.
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.
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 So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah out loud. Philip asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?" 31 The man replied, "How can I unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him. 32 This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.
Cross References
Romans 10:14
How, then, can people call on someone they have not believed? And how can they believe in someone they have not heard about? And how can they hear without someone preaching?
2 Kings 5:9
So Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots and stood in front of the door to Elisha's house.
2 Kings 5:26
But Elisha responded, "Didn't my heart break as the man was turning from his chariot to greet you? Is now the time to receive money? To receive clothes? And olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, servants, or female attendants?
2 Kings 10:15-16
After he left there, he encountered Rechab's son Jehonadab. After he greeted him, Jehu asked him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with yours?" "It is," Jehonadab answered.
Psalm 25:8-9
The LORD is good and just; therefore he will teach sinners concerning the way.
Psalm 73:16-17
When I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for me
Psalm 73:22
Then, I was too stupid and didn't realize I was acting like a wild animal with you.
Proverbs 30:2-3
Surely I am beyond the senselessness of any man; I do not perceive things the way human beings do.
Isaiah 29:18-19
On that day the deaf will hear the words of a scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Isaiah 35:8
"A highway will be there yes, there and people will call it "The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way not even fools will get lost.
Matthew 18:3-4
Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.
Mark 10:15
I tell all of you with certainty, whoever doesn't receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it."
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone thinks he really knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.
1 Corinthians 14:36-37
Did God's word originate with you? Are you the only ones it has reached?
James 1:10
and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
James 1:21
Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.
1 Peter 2:1-2
Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.