| NETBible | When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 1 ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself 2 by kicking against the goads.’ 3 |
| NIV © |
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ |
| NASB © |
"And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ |
| NLT © |
We all fell down, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to fight against my will.’ |
| MSG © |
We fell flat on our faces. Then I heard a voice in Hebrew: 'Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me? Why do you insist on going against the grain?' |
| BBE © |
And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you. |
| NRSV © |
When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.’ |
| NKJV © |
"And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ |
| KJV | And <1161> when we <2257> were <2667> (0) all <3956> fallen <2667> (5631) to <1519> the earth <1093>_, I heard <191> (5656) a voice <5456> speaking <2980> (5723) unto <4314> me <3165>_, and <2532> saying <3004> (5723) in the Hebrew <1446> tongue <1258>_, Saul <4549>_, Saul <4549>_, why <5101> persecutest thou <1377> (5719) me <3165>_? [it is] hard <4642> for thee <4671> to kick <2979> (5721) against <4314> the pricks <2759>_. |
| NASB © |
"And when we had all <3956> fallen <2667> to the ground <1093> , I heard <191> a voice <5456> saying <3004> to me in the Hebrew <1446> dialect <1258> , 'Saul <4549> , Saul <4549> , why <5101> are you persecuting <1377> Me? It is hard <4642> for you to kick <2979> against <4314> the goads <2759> .' |
| NET [draft] ITL | When <2667> we <2257> had <2667> all <3956> fallen <2667> to the ground <1093> , I heard <191> a voice <5456> saying <3004> to <4314> me <3165> in Aramaic <1446> <1258> , ‘Saul <4549> , Saul <4549> , why <5101> are you persecuting <1377> me <3165> ? You <4671> are hurting yourself by kicking <2979> against the goads.’<4314> |
| GREEK | pantwn <3956> A-GPM te <5037> PRT katapesontwn <2667> (5631) V-2AAP-GPM hmwn <2257> P-1GP eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1093> N-ASF hkousa <191> (5656) V-AAI-1S fwnhn <5456> N-ASF legousan <3004> (5723) V-PAP-ASF prov <4314> PREP me <3165> P-1AS th <3588> T-DSF ebraidi <1446> N-DSF dialektw <1258> N-DSF saoul <4549> N-PRI saoul <4549> N-PRI ti <5101> I-ASN me <3165> P-1AS diwkeiv <1377> (5719) V-PAI-2S sklhron <4642> A-NSN soi <4671> P-2DS prov <4314> PREP kentra <2759> N-APN laktizein <2979> (5721) V-PAN |
| NETBible | When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 1 ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself 2 by kicking against the goads.’ 3 |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See Acts 22:7 and 9:4. 2 tn Grk “It is hard for you.” 3 tn “Goads” are pointed sticks used to direct a draft animal (an idiom for stubborn resistance). See BDAG 539-40 s.v. κέντρον 2. 3 sn Sayings which contain the imagery used here (kicking against the goads) were also found in Greek writings; see Pindar, Pythians 2.94-96; Euripides, Bacchae 795. |