Acts 26:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 26:14 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
πάντων
pâs
G3956
all
τε
té
G5037
and
καταπεσόντων
katapíptō
G2667
to fall down
ἡμῶν
hēmeîs
G2249
we
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
γῆν
gē
G1093
earth
ἤκουσα
akoúō
G191
to hear
φωνὴν
phōnḗ
G5456
voice
λέγουσαν
légō
G3004
to say
πρός
prós
G4314
to
με
egṓ
G1473
I
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
Ἑβραΐδι
Hebraḯs
G1446
Hebrew language
διαλέκτῳ
diálektos
G1258
conversation
Σαοὺλ
Saoúl
G4549
Saul
Σαούλ
Saoúl
G4549
Saul
τί
tís
G5101
who
με
egṓ
G1473
I
διώκεις
diṓkō
G1377
to persecute
σκληρόν
sklērós
G4642
hard
σοι
sý
G4771
you
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
κέντρα
kéntron
G2759
sting
λακτίζειν
laktízō
G2979
to kick
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me 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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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And when we all had fallen 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 a goad.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).