Acts 26:14 - Modern King James Version

¹⁴ And all of us falling to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute 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 gives favor, but the way of traitors is ever flowing.

Zechariah 12:2

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the peoples all around, and it shall also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.

Zechariah 2:8

For so says Jehovah of Hosts: He has sent me after glory, to the nations who stripped you; for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.

Acts 21:40

And he allowing him, standing on the stairs, Paul signaled with his hand to the people. And much silence taking place, he spoke in the Hebrew dialect, saying:

Acts 22:2

And hearing that he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, they all the more kept silence. And he said,

Acts 26:13

at midday, along the highway, O king, I and those with me saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun; shining around me.

Acts 26:15

And I said, Who are you, lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

Acts 9:7

And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, indeed hearing a voice but seeing no one.

1 Corinthians 10:22

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