ESV
KJV
31. 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.
ASV
31. And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
ERVEN
31. The man answered, "How can I understand? I need someone to explain it to me." Then he invited Philip to climb in and sit with him.
NLT
31. The man replied, "How can I, unless someone instructs me?" And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.
WEB
31. He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
NET
31. The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
NLV
31. The man from Ethiopia said, "How can I, unless someone teaches me?" Then he asked Philip to come up and sit beside him.
HCSB
31. "How can I," he said, "unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
YLT
31. 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.
LITV
31. But he said, How should I be able except someone shall guide me? And he called Philip near, to come up to sit with him.
RV
31. And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
NCV
31. He answered, "How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?" Then he invited Philip to climb in and sit with him.
MKJV
31. And he said, How can I unless some man should guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
AKJV
31. 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.
LXXEN
KJV
31. 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.
AMP
31. And he said, How is it possible for me to do so unless someone explains it to me and guides me [in the right way]? And he earnestly requested Philip to come up and sit beside him.
KJVP
31. And G1161 CONJ he G3588 T-NSM said G2036 V-2AAI-3S , How G4459 ADV-I can V-PNO-1S I , except G3362 some man G5100 X-NSM should guide G3594 V-AAS-3S me G3165 P-1AS ? And G5037 PRT he G3588 T-ASM desired G3870 V-AAI-3S Philip G5376 N-ASM that he would come up G305 V-2AAP-ASM and sit G2523 V-AAN with G4862 PREP him G846 P-DSM .
YLT
31. 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.
ASV
31. And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
WEB
31. He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
NASB
31. He replied, "How can I, unless someone instructs me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him.
ESV
31. And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
RV
31. And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
RSV
31. And he said, "How can I, unless some one guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
NKJV
31. And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
MKJV
31. And he said, How can I unless some man should guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
AKJV
31. 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.
NRSV
31. He replied, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.
NIV
31. "How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
NIRV
31. "How can I?" he said. "I need someone to explain it to me." So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
NLT
31. The man replied, "How can I, unless someone instructs me?" And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.
MSG
31. He answered, "How can I without some help?" and invited Philip into the chariot with him.
GNB
31. The official replied, "How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?" And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.
NET
31. The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
ERVEN
31. The man answered, "How can I understand? I need someone to explain it to me." Then he invited Philip to climb in and sit with him.