Acts 8:30

Philip and the Ethiopian

29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”30So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

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Berean Standard Bible
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
American Standard Version (1901)
And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Bible in Basic English
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
Douay-Rheims 1899
And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest?
Free Bible Version
So Philip ran over, and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. “Do you understand what you're reading?” Philip asked him.
Geneva Bible 1599
And Philip ranne thither, and heard him reade the Prophet Esaias, and said, But vnderstandest thou what thou readest?
King James (Authorized) Version
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Plain English Version
So Philip ran up close to the trailer, and when he was beside it, he heard that man reading from the words that Isaiah wrote in God’s book. Philip asked him, “Can you understand that book you are reading?”
Translation for Translators
So Philip ran to the chariot and kept running close to it. Then he heard the official reading what the prophet Isaiah had written. He asked the man, “Do you (sg) understand what you are reading?”
Unlocked Literal Bible
So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Noah Webster Bible
And Philip ran thither to him , and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
World English Bible
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Young's Literal Translation
and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'