Acts 8:30 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 8:30 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
προσδραμὼν
prostréchō
G4370
to run to
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
Φίλιππος
Phílippos
G5376
Philip
ἤκουσεν
akoúō
G191
to hear
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
ἀναγινώσκοντος
anaginṓskō
G314
to recognize
Ἠσαΐαν
Hēsaḯas
G2268
Isaiah
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
προφήτην
prophḗtēs
G4396
prophet
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
εἶπεν
légō
G3004
to say
ἆράγε
ára
G686
therefore
γινώσκεις
ginṓskō
G1097
to know
ἃ
hós
G3739
who
ἀναγινώσκεις
anaginṓskō
G314
to recognize
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
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King James Version Public Domain
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So having run to him, Philip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and he said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).