Acts 9:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

Common English Bible

⁵ Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord?” “I am Jesus, whom you are harassing,” came the reply.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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."

Acts 9:5 Cross References

1 Timothy 1:13

though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Acts 26:9

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Acts 5:39

but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek: Then he forsook God which made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Acts 9:4

and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Acts 9:6

but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Acts 10:14

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

Acts 26:14

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may apprehend that for which also I was apprehended by Christ Jesus.