Acts 26:14
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 26:14 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew — ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.’
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Als wir aber alle zur Erde niedergefallen waren, hörte ich eine Stimme in hebräischer Mundart zu mir sagen: Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich? Es ist hart für dich, wider den Stachel auszuschlagen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y habiendo caído todos nosotros en tierra, oí una voz que me hablaba, y decía en lengua hebraica: Saulo, Saulo, ¿por qué me persigues? Dura cosa te es dar coces contra los aguijones.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E todos nós, tendo caído ao chão, eu ouvi uma voz que falava a mim, e dizia em língua hebraica: Saulo, Saulo, por que me persegues? Duro é para ti dar coices contra os aguilhões.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Quando caímos em terra, ouvi uma voz na língua dos hebreus, falando comigo, que dizia: 'Saulo, Saulo, por que me persegues? Resistir ao aguilhão vai ser difícil!'
📖 Acts 26:14 in Context
12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14And 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.
15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
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