Acts 8:31 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said, “But how can I, unless someone will have revealed it to me?” And he asked Philip to climb up and sit with him.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited 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 (1901)
And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And he said, “Why, how am I able, if someone may not guide me?” He called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby 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.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And he saide, Howe can I, except I had a guide? And he desired Philip, that he would come vp and sit with him.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
The Cushite said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” He begged Philip to come up into the chariot and sit with him.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And he sayd: how can I except I had a gyde? And he desyred Philip that he wold come vp and sit with him.
Individual translator
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.
FBV Free Bible Version
“How can I, unless someone explains it?” the man replied. He invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE 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.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Él respondió: ¿Y cómo puedo, si no hay alguno que me lo explique? Y rogó á Phelipe que se subiese, y se sentase con él.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y él dijo: ¿Y cómo podré, si alguno no me enseñare? Y rogó á Felipe que subiese, y se sentase con él.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
―¿Cómo lo voy a entender si nadie me lo ha explicado? —contestó. Entonces invitó a Felipe a que subiera a la carroza y se sentara con él.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Y él contestó: ¿Cómo podría si alguno no me explica? Y rogó a Felipe que subiera a sentarse con él.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
“¿Cómo podría entender, si no hay quien me explique?” respondió el hombre. Entonces invitó a Felipe a subirse al carruaje y sentarse junto a él.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Él dijo: ¿Y cómo podré entender, si alguien no me guía? Y rogó a Felipe que subiera y se sentara con él.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ὁ δὲ εἶπε· πῶς γὰρ ἂν δυναίμην, ἐὰν μή τις ὁδηγήσῃ με; παρεκάλεσέ τε τὸν Φίλιππον ἀναβάντα καθίσαι σὺν αὐτῷ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ο δε ειπεν· πως γαρ αν δυναιμην, εαν μη τις οδηγηση με; παρεκαλεσεν τε τον φιλιππον αναβαντα καθισαι συν αυτω.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, Πῶς γὰρ ἂν δυναίμην, ἐὰν μή τις ὁδηγήσῃ με; Παρεκάλεσέ τε τὸν Φίλιππον ἀναβάντα καθίσαι σὺν αὐτῷ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ο δε ειπεν πωσ γαρ αν δυναιμην εαν μη τισ οδηγηση με παρεκαλεσεν τε τον φιλιππον αναβαντα καθισαι συν αυτω
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Πῶς γὰρ ἂν δυναίμην ἐὰν μή τις ὁδηγήσει με; παρεκάλεσέν τε τὸν Φίλιππον ἀναβάντα καθίσαι σὺν αὐτῷ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Πῶς γὰρ ἂν δυναίμην ἐὰν μή τις ⸀ὁδηγήσει με; παρεκάλεσέν τε τὸν Φίλιππον ἀναβάντα καθίσαι σὺν αὐτῷ.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Qui ait: Et quomodo possum, si non aliquis ostenderit mihi? Rogavitque Philippum ut ascenderet, et sederet secum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ: ка́кѡ ᲂу҆́бѡ могꙋ̀ (разꙋмѣ́ти), а҆́ще не кто̀ наста́витъ мѧ̀; ᲂу҆моли́ же фїлі́ппа, да возше́дъ сѧ́детъ съ ни́мъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Он сказал: как могу разуметь, если кто не наставит меня? и попросил Филиппа взойти и сесть с ним.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ο δε είπε· Και πως ήθελον δυνηθή, εάν δεν με οδηγήση τις; Και παρεκάλεσε τον Φίλιππον να αναβή και να καθήση μετ' αυτού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А он рече: Како бих могао разумети ако ме ко не упути? И умоли Филипа те се попе и седе с њим.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A on reče: Kako bih mogao razumeti ako me ko ne uputi? I umoli Filipa te se pope i sede s njim.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَقَالَ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنِي إِنْ لَمْ يُرْشِدْنِي أَحَدٌ؟». وَطَلَبَ إِلَى فِيلُبُّسَ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ وَيَجْلِسَ مَعَهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC