God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Acts 9:5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said, *Who are you, Lord?* The Lord said, *I am Yeshua, whom you are persecuting. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Woe to him who strives with his Maker--a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, *What are you making?* or your work, *He has no hands?*
But Kefa said, *Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.*
When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
*I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Yeshua of Natzeret.
But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!*
He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, *Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why do you persecute me?*
But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.*
But Yeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Messiah Yeshua.
although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.