Acts 8:31
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.
In other versions
And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
ASV
And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
BBE
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.
DBY
He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
WEB
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.
YLT
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.
ENG
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.
WBT
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
BSB
In context
29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
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:
33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Philip