Acts 8:31
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English Standard Version
And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

New American Standard Bible
And he said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

King James Bible
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How can I," he said, "unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

International Standard Version
The man replied, "How can I unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him.

NET Bible
The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said, “How can I understand unless a man will instruct me?” And he asked Philippus to come up and sit with him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The official answered, "How can I understand unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to sit with him in his carriage.

King James 2000 Bible
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

American King James Version
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

American Standard Version
And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

English Revised Version
And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up, and sit with him.

Weymouth New Testament
"Why, how can I," replied the eunuch, "unless some one explains it to me?" And he earnestly invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

World English Bible
He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said, 'Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.
Lexicon
ο  definite article - nominative singular masculine
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
δε  conjunction
de  deh:  but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
ειπεν  verb - second aorist active indicative - third person singular
epo  ep'-o:  to speak or say (by word or writing) -- answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell.
πως  adverb - interrogative
pos  poce:  an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much! -- how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
γαρ  conjunction
gar  gar:  assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
αν  particle
an  an:  denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty
δυναιμην  verb - present middle or passive deponent optative - first person singular
dunamai  doo'-nam-ahee:  to be able or possible -- be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
εαν  conditional
ean  eh-an':  before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever).
μη  particle - nominative
me  may:  any but (that), forbear, God forbid, lack, lest, neither, never, no (wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without.
τις  indefinite pronoun - nominative singular masculine
tis  tis:  some or any person or object
οδηγηση  verb - aorist active subjunctive - third person singular
hodegeo  hod-ayg-eh'-o:  to show the way (literally or figuratively (teach) -- guide, lead.
με  personal pronoun - first person accusative singular
me  meh:  me -- I, me, my.
παρεκαλεσεν  verb - aorist active indicative - third person singular
parakaleo  par-ak-al-eh'-o:  to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation) -- beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.
τε  particle
te  teh:  also, and, both, even, then, whether. Often used in composition, usually as the latter participle.
τον  definite article - accusative singular masculine
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
φιλιππον  noun - accusative singular masculine
Philippos  fil'-ip-pos:  fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites -- Philip.
αναβαντα  verb - second aorist active passive - accusative singular masculine
anabaino  an-ab-ah'-ee-no:  to go up -- arise, ascend (up), climb (go, grow, rise, spring) up, come (up).
καθισαι  verb - aorist active middle or passive deponent
kathizo  kath-id'-zo:  to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell) -- continue, set, sit (down), tarry.
συν  preposition
sun  soon:  with or together, i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
αυτω  personal pronoun - dative singular masculine
autos  ow-tos':  the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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