Acts 26:14 - Easy To Read Version

We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice talking to me in the Jewish language. {\cf2\super [493]} The voice said, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you doing these bad things to me? You are only hurting yourself by fighting me.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew tongue saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you continue to persecute Me [to harass and trouble and molest Me]? It is dangerous and turns out badly for you to keep kicking against the goads [to keep offering vain and perilous resistance].

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice that said to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you harassing me? It’s hard for you to kick against a spear.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when we had all fallen down to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language: 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

Acts 26:14 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 13:15

People like a person with good sense. But life is hard for a person who can’t be trusted.

Zechariah 12:2

“Look, I will make Jerusalem like a cup of poison to the nations around her. The nations will come and attack that city. And all of Judah will be caught in the trap.

Zechariah 2:8

Why? Because hurting you\par is like hurting the pupil of God’s eye.\par

Acts 21:40

The commander let Paul speak to the people. So Paul stood on the steps. He waved his hand so that the people would be quiet. The people became quiet and Paul spoke to them. He used the Jewish language. {\cf2\super [432]}

Acts 22:2

The Jews heard Paul speaking the Jewish language. {\cf2\super [433]} So they became very quiet. Paul said,

Acts 26:13

I was on the way to Damascus. It was noon. I saw a light from the sky. The light was brighter than the sun. The light shined all around me and the men who were traveling with me.

Acts 26:15

I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord said, ‘I am Jesus. I am the One you are persecuting.

Acts 9:7

The men traveling with Saul stood there. They said nothing. The men heard the voice, but they saw no one.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Doing that would make the Lord jealous {\cf2\super [75]} ! And we don’t want to do that, do we? No, because he is much stronger than we are.