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:
BSB
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
WEB
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.
YLT
And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: ‘As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;
F.O.G Original
(32) Now the passage of The Writing which he was reading was this:
‘HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER,
AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER, SILENT,
IN THIS WAY, HE DOESN’T OPEN HIS MOUTH.
F.O.G
(32) Now the passage of The Writing which he was reading was this:
‘HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER,
AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER, SILENT,
IN THIS WAY, HE DOESN’T OPEN HIS MOUTH.
F.O.G MSG
³²The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and like a lamb silent before its shearer,
He did not open His mouth.
Footnotes:
³²⁻³³ᵉ Isaiah passage: From Isaiah 53:7-8, describing the suffering servant – a prophetic picture of the Messiah’s sacrificial death