Acts 26:14 - Wesley's New Testament 1755

¹⁴ And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee 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

Acts 21:40

And when he had given him leave, Paul standing on the stairs, waved his hand to the people: and a great silence being made, he spake to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

Acts 22:2

(And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence:

Acts 26:13

with authority and commission from the chief priests, At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way, a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round me and them that journeyed with me.

Acts 26:15

And I said, Who art thou, Lord?

Acts 9:7

And the men that journeyed with him stood astonished, hearing a noise, but seeing no man.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?