Acts 26:14 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ 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.'

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ 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.’

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ 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

Good doctrine bestows grace. In the way of the contemptuous, there is a chasm.

Zechariah 12:2

Behold, I will set Jerusalem as a lintel of the effects of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, yet even Judah will be in the blockade against Jerusalem.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus says the Lord of hosts: After the glory, he has sent me to the Gentiles, which have despoiled you. For he who touches you, touches the pupil of my eye.

Acts 21:40

And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned with his hand to the people. And when a great silence occurred, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying:

Acts 22:2

And when they heard him speaking to them in the Hebrew language, they offered a greater silence.

Acts 26:13

at midday, O king, I and those who were also with me, saw along the way a light from heaven shining around me with a splendor greater than that of the sun.

Acts 26:15

Then I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

Acts 9:7

And the Lord said to him, "Rise up and go into the city, and there you will be told what you ought to do." Now the men who were accompanying him were standing stupefied, hearing indeed a voice, but seeing no one.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or should we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he is? All is lawful to me, but not all is expedient.