Wise in heart and potent of power – who has hardened himself against Him and is at peace?
Acts 9:5 - The Scriptures 2009 And he said, “Who are You, Master?” And the Master said, “I am יהושע, whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the prods.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Saul said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting. It is dangerous and it will turn out badly for you to keep kicking against the goad [to offer vain and perilous resistance]. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: Common English Bible Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord?” “I am Jesus, whom you are harassing,” came the reply. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goad." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. |
Wise in heart and potent of power – who has hardened himself against Him and is at peace?
Kiss the Chosen, lest He be enraged, And you perish in the way, For soon His wrath is to be kindled. Blessed are all those taking refuge in Him.
“Woe to him who strives with his Maker! (a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth). Does clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
But Kĕpha said, “Not at all, Master! Because I have never eaten whatever is common or unclean.”
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Sha’ul, Sha’ul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the prods.’
“Therefore, indeed, I thought within myself that I ought to do much against the Name of יהושע of Natsareth,
“but if it is of Elohim, you are unable to overthrow it, lest you even be found to fight against Elohim.
And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Sha’ul, Sha’ul, why do you persecute Me?”
Both trembling, and being astonished, he said, “Master, what do You wish me to do?” And the Master said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you have to do.”
“But Yeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are covered with fat; So he forsook Eloah who made him, And scorned the Rock of his deliverance.
Not that I have already received, or already been perfected, but I press on, to lay hold of that for which Messiah יהושע has also laid hold of me.
me, although I was formerly a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insulter. But compassion was shown me because being ignorant I did it in unbelief.