Acts 8:31

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Acts 8:31 in Other Translations

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.
ESV
31 And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And 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.
CSB
31 "How can I," he said, "unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Acts 8:31 In-Context

29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”
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