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Acts 8:32

American Standard Version

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:

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Acts 8:32 in other translations

Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,
“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
so he doesn’t open his mouth.

Acts 8:32 · World English Bible

Acts 8:32 in context

  1. 30And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
  2. 31And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
  3. 32Now 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:
  4. 33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.
  5. 34And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?