Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
I fell also to the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me - Saul! Saul! Why, me, art thou persecuting?
New American Standard Bible
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,
King James Version
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Holman Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,
International Standard Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, "Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'
A Conservative Version
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me?
American Standard Version
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Amplified
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,
An Understandable Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
Anderson New Testament
and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
Bible in Basic English
And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
Common New Testament
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'
Daniel Mace New Testament
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice pronounce these words, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"
Darby Translation
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Godbey New Testament
and I felt upon the ground, and heard a voice, saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Goodspeed New Testament
and I fell upon the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?'
John Wesley New Testament
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Julia Smith Translation
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice, Saul, Saul, why drivest thou me out?
King James 2000
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
Modern King James verseion
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and I fell unto the earth, and heard a voice saying unto me, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?'
Moffatt New Testament
I dropped to the earth and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'
Montgomery New Testament
"I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, "'Saul! Saul! why are you persecuting me?'
NET Bible
Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
New Heart English Bible
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
Noyes New Testament
and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
Sawyer New Testament
and I fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Twentieth Century New Testament
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
Webster
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Weymouth New Testament
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'
Williams New Testament
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'
World English Bible
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
Worrell New Testament
and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?'
Worsley New Testament
and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Youngs Literal Translation
I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 22:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Tells Of His Conversion On The Damascus Road
6 But it befell me, as I was journeying and drawing nigh unto Damascus, that, about mid-day - suddenly - out of heaven, there flashed a great light all around me; 7 I fell also to the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me - Saul! Saul! Why, me, art thou persecuting? 8 And, I, answered - Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me - I, am Jesus the Nazarene, whom, thou, art persecuting!
Names
Cross References
Genesis 3:9
And Yahweh God called unto the man, - and said to him, Where art thou?
Genesis 16:8
So he said Hagar! handmaid of Sarai! Whence hast thou come, and whither wouldst thou go? And she said, From the face of Sarai, my lady, am, I, fleeing.
Genesis 22:1
And it cared to pass after these things, that God, did prove Abraham, - and he said unto him, Abraham! And he said Behold me!
Genesis 22:11
Then called out unto him the messenger of Yahweh out of the heavens, and said. Abraham, Abraham! And he said Behold me!
Exodus 3:4
And Yahweh saw, that he turned aside to see, - so God called unto him out of the midst of the thorn-bush, and said - Moses! Moses! And he said - Behold me!
1 Samuel 3:10
Then came Yahweh, and stood, and called as time after time - Samuel! Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant is listening.
Isaiah 43:22-26
Yet not upon me, hast thou called, O Jacob, - For thou hast been wearied of me O Israel:
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus, saith Yahweh, - What did your fathers find in me by way of perversity, that they removed far from me, - and went after vanity, and became vain?
Jeremiah 2:9
Therefore yet further will I plead with you Declareth Yahweh, Yea with your children's children, will I plead.
Matthew 25:45
Then, will he answer them, saying: Verily, I say unto you - Inasmuch as ye did it not, unto one of these least, neither unto me, did ye it.
Matthew 27:23
But, he, said - Indeed! what evil hath he done? But, they, vehemently, were crying aloud, saying - Let him be crucified!
1 Timothy 1:13
Though, formerly, a defamer, and persecutor, and insulter; nevertheless mercy was shown me, because, without knowledge, I acted, in unbelief: