Acts 8:32 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 8:32 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 →
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
περιοχὴ
periochḗ
G4042
circuit
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
γραφῆς
graphḗ
G1124
Scripture
ἣν
hós
G3739
who
ἀνεγίνωσκεν
anaginṓskō
G314
to recognize
ἦν
eimí
G1510
to be
αὕτη
hoûtos
G3778
this
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
πρόβατον
próbaton
G4263
sheep
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
σφαγὴν
sphagḗ
G4967
slaughter
ἤχθη
ágō
G71
to lead
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
ἀμνὸς
amnós
G286
lamb
ἐναντίον
enantíon
G1726
opposite
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
κείραντος
keírō
G2751
to shear
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
ἄφωνος
áphōnos
G880
voiceless
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἀνοίγει
anoígō
G455
to open
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
στόμα
stóma
G4750
mouth
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now the passage of Scripture that he was reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer silent, thus he does not open his mouth.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).