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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.”

Acts 8:30

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An angel has directed Philip to a desert road, where he sees an Ethiopian official, a eunuch in charge of the queen's treasury, riding in his chariot. The man is returning from Jerusalem, reading aloud from the prophet Isaiah.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

World English Bible (WEB)

Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

King James Version (KJV)

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Do you then know what you do read?'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y acudiendo Felipe, le oyó que leía el profeta Isaías, y dijo: Mas ¿entiendes lo que lees?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Felipe obedeció presuroso y, al acercarse, escuchó lo que el funcionario iba leyendo. ―¿Entiendes eso que lees? —le preguntó.

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