Acts 8:32 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
And the place of the scripture which he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb without voice before his shearer, so openeth he not his mouth.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Now the place in Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter. And like a lamb silent before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
The 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:
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Now the place of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:
MSB Majority Standard Bible
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:
LSV Literal Standard Version
And the passage of the Writing that he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to slaughter, || And as a lamb before his shearer is silent, || So He does not open His mouth;
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 the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
The 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 he opened not his mouth:
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Nowe the place of the Scripture which he read, was this, Hee was lead as a sheepe to the slaughter: and like a lambe domme before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Now the passage of the scripture which the Ethiopian was reading was this, “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
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)
The tenoure of the scripture which he redde was this. He was ledde as a shepe to be slayne: and lyke a lambe dome before his sherer so opened he not his mouth.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: 'As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;
FBV Free Bible Version
The Scripture passage he was reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to be slaughtered. Like a lamb is silent in front of his shearer, he didn't say a word.
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
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:
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y el lugar de la Escritura, que leía, era éste: Como oveja fué llevado al matadero: y como cordero mudo delante del que le trasquila, así él no abrió su boca.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y el lugar de la Escritura que leía, era éste: Como oveja á la muerte fué llevado; y como cordero mudo delante del que le trasquila, así no abrió su boca:
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
El pasaje de las Escrituras que estaba leyendo era el siguiente: «Como oveja a la muerte lo llevaron, y como cordero mudo ante los que lo trasquilan, no abrió la boca.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
La porción de la Escritura que leía era ésta: Como oveja fue llevado al matadero, y como cordero silencioso ante el que lo trasquila no abrió su boca.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Y el texto de la Escritura que estaba leyendo era este: “Como oveja, fue llevado al matadero; y como cordero que enmudece ante su trasquilador, ni siquiera abrió su boca.
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)
El pasaje de la Escritura que leía era este: Como oveja fue llevado al matadero; y como cordero calla delante del que le corta la lana, así él no abrió su boca.
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)
ἡ δὲ περιοχὴ τῆς γραφῆς ἣν ἀνεγίνωσκεν ἦν αὕτη· ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη· καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείροντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
η δε περιοχη της γραφης ην ανεγινωσκεν ην αυτη· ως προβατον επι σφαγην ηχθη· και ως αμνος εναντιον του κειροντος αυτον αφωνος, ουτως ουκ ανοιγει το στομα αυτου.
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)
Ἡ δὲ περιοχὴ τῆς γραφῆς ἣν ἀνεγίνωσκεν ἦν αὕτη, Ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείροντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
η δε περιοχη τησ γραφησ ην ανεγινωσκεν ην αυτη ωσ προβατον επι σφαγην ηχθη και ωσ αμνοσ εναντιον του κειροντοσ αυτον αφωνοσ ουτωσ ουκ ανοιγει το στομα αυτου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἡ δὲ περιοχὴ τῆς γραφῆς ἣν ἀνεγίνωσκεν ἦν αὕτη Ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείροντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἡ δὲ περιοχὴ τῆς γραφῆς ἣν ἀνεγίνωσκεν ἦν αὕτη· Ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ ⸀κείραντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.
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Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Locus autem Scripturæ quem legebat, erat hic: [Tamquam ovis ad occisionem ductus est: et sicut agnus coram tondente se, sine voce, sic non aperuit os suum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Сло́во же писа́нїѧ, є҆́же чтѧ́ше, бѣ̀ сїѐ: ꙗ҆́кѡ ѻ҆вча̀ на заколе́нїе веде́сѧ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ а҆́гнецъ прѧ́мѡ стригꙋ́щемꙋ є҆го̀ безгла́сенъ, та́кѡ не ѿверза́етъ ᲂу҆́стъ свои́хъ:
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)
А место из Писания, которое он читал, было сие: как овца, веден был Он на заклание, и, как агнец пред стригущим его безгласен, так Он не отверзает уст Своих.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Το δε χωρίον της γραφής, το οποίον ανεγίνωσκεν, ήτο τούτο. Εφέρθη ως πρόβατον επί σφαγήν· και ως αρνίον έμπροσθεν του κείροντος αυτό άφωνον, ούτω δεν ανοίγει το στόμα αυτού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А место из писма које читаше беше ово: Као овца на заклање одведе се, и нем као јагње пред оним који га стриже, тако не отвори уста својих.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A mesto iz pisma koje čitaše beše ovo: Kao ovca na zaklanje odvede se, i nem kao jagnje pred onim koji ga striže, tako ne otvori usta svojih.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَأَمَّا فَصْلُ ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَقْرَأُهُ فَكَانَ هَذَا: «مِثْلَ شَاةٍ سِيقَ إِلَى ٱلذَّبْحِ، وَمِثْلَ خَرُوفٍ صَامِتٍ أَمَامَ ٱلَّذِي يَجُزُّهُ هَكَذَا لَمْ يَفْتَحْ فَاهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC