Acts 8:36 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).
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- Acts 8:37: the eunuch’s confession of faith
In some Bibles, before Philip baptizes the Ethiopian, he says, “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest,” and the eunuch answers, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” This verse is missing from the oldest Greek manuscripts and from most Byzantine ones, but it was known to St Irenaeus in the second century. It appears to be an early baptismal confession added to the story.
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch said: See, here is water: what doth hinder me from being baptized?
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And while they were going along the way, they arrived at a certain water source. And the eunuch said: “There is water. What would prevent me from being baptized?”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptised?”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is ]water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
LSV Literal Standard Version
And as they were going on the way, they came on some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, water; what hinders me to be immersed?”
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 as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And as they went on [their] way, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And as they went on their way, they came vnto a certaine water, and the Eunuche said, See, here is water: what doeth let me to be baptized?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
As they went on the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water here. What prevents me from being baptized?”
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 as they went on their waye they came vnto a certayne water and the chamberlayne sayde: Se here is water what shall let me to be baptised?
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, 'Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'
FBV Free Bible Version
As they continued on, they came to a stretch of water. The eunuch said, “Look, there's water here—why shouldn't I be baptized?”
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 while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y yendo por el camino, llegaron á un lugar donde habia agua, y dixo el Eunucho: He aquí agua, ¿qué impide que yo sea bautizado?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y yendo por el camino, llegaron á cierta agua; y dijo el eunuco: He aquí agua; ¿qué impide que yo sea bautizado?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
A un lado del camino encontraron agua. ―¡Mira! ¡Aquí hay agua! —exclamó el funcionario—. ¿Por qué no me bautizas?
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Cuando iban por el camino, llegaron a un lugar donde había agua, y el eunuco dijo: ¡Aquí hay agua! ¿Qué impide que sea bautizado? [[
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
A medida que continuaban el camino, llegaron a un lugar donde había agua. Entonces el eunuco dijo: “Mira, aquí hay agua, ¿por qué no me bautizas?”
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)
Mientras iban por el camino, llegaron a un lugar donde había agua. El eunuco dijo: Mira, aquí hay agua. ¿Qué impide que yo sea bautizado?
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)
ὡς δὲ ἐπορεύοντο κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἦλθον ἐπί τι ὕδωρ, καί φησιν ὁ εὐνοῦχος· ἰδοὺ ὕδωρ· τί κωλύει με βαπτισθῆναι;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ως δε επορευοντο κατα την οδον, ηλθον επι τι υδωρ, και φησιν ο ευνουχος· ιδου υδωρ· τι κωλυει με βαπτισθηναι;
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)
Ὡς δὲ ἐπορεύοντο κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἦλθον ἐπί τι ὕδωρ· καί φησιν ὁ εὐνοῦχος, Ἰδού, ὕδωρ· τί κωλύει με βαπτισθῆναι;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ωσ δε επορευοντο κατα την οδον ηλθον επι τι υδωρ και φησιν ο ευνουχοσ ιδου υδωρ τι κωλυει με βαπτισθηναι
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὡς δὲ ἐπορεύοντο κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἦλθον ἐπί τι ὕδωρ, καί φησιν ὁ εὐνοῦχος Ἰδοὺ ὕδωρ· τί κωλύει με βαπτισθῆναι;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὡς δὲ ἐπορεύοντο κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἦλθον ἐπί τι ὕδωρ, καί φησιν ὁ εὐνοῦχος· Ἰδοὺ ὕδωρ, τί κωλύει με ⸀βαπτισθῆναι;
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
Et dum irent per viam, venerunt ad quamdam aquam: et ait eunuchus: Ecce aqua: quid prohibet me baptizari?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ꙗ҆́коже и҆дѧ́хꙋ пꙋте́мъ, прїидо́ша на нѣ́кꙋю во́дꙋ, и҆ речѐ ка́женикъ: сѐ, вода̀: что̀ возбранѧ́етъ мѝ крести́тисѧ;
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)
Между тем, продолжая путь, они приехали к воде; и евнух сказал: вот вода; что препятствует мне креститься?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και καθώς εξηκολούθουν την οδόν, ήλθον εις το ύδωρ, και λέγει ο ευνούχος· Ιδού ύδωρ· τι με εμποδίζει να βαπτισθώ;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Како иђаху путем дођоше на некакву воду; и рече ушкопљеник: Ево воде, шта брани мени да се крстим?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Kako iđahu putem dođoše na nekakvu vodu; i reče uškopljenik: Evo vode, šta brani meni da se krstim?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَفِيمَا هُمَا سَائِرَانِ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ أَقْبَلَا عَلَى مَاءٍ، فَقَالَ ٱلْخَصِيُّ: «هُوَذَا مَاءٌ. مَاذَا يَمْنَعُ أَنْ أَعْتَمِدَ؟».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC