Acts 26:14

Acts chapter 26 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.13at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.

v.14This passage

v.15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Acts 21:40
And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying,
Acts 22:2
And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,
Zechariah 2:8
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Zechariah 12:2
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?