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Acts 26:14

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 yourself² by kicking against the goads.’³
NIV © biblegateway Act 26:14	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 © biblegateway Act 26:14	"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 © biblegateway Act 26:14	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 © biblegateway Act 26:14	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 © SABDAweb Act 26:14	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 © bibleoremus Act 26:14	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 © biblegateway Act 26:14	"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.’
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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 © biblegateway Act 26:14	"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 <4314> the goads.’
GREEK	pantwn te katapesontwn eiv thn ghn hkousa legousan me th ebraidi dialektw saoul saoul ti me diwkeiv soi prov kentra 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 yourself² by kicking against the goads.’³

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “in the Hebrew language.” See Acts 22:7 and 9:4.

²tn Grk “It is hard for you.”

³tn “Goads” are pointed sticks used to direct a draft animal (an idiom for stubborn resistance). See BDAG 539-40 s.v. κέντρον 2.

³sn 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.