Acts 8:32

Acts chapter 8 · verse 32 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:

Context

v.31And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

v.32This passage

v.33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 44:11
Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
Luke 23:34
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
Romans 8:36
Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
John 18:9
that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.
Jeremiah 12:3
But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.