Acts 26:14 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁴ 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.'

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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.’

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.'

Acts 26:14 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 13:15

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Zechariah 12:2

*Behold, I will make Yerushalayim a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Yehudah also will it be in the siege against Yerushalayim.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus says the LORD of Armies: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

Acts 21:40

When he had given him permission, Sha'ul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

Acts 22:2

When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

Acts 26:13

at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

Acts 26:15

*I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' *He said, 'I am Yeshua, whom you are persecuting.

Acts 9:7

The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

1 Corinthians 10:22

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