Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice pronounce these words, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"
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?'
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?
The Emphasized Bible
I fell also to the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me - Saul! Saul! Why, me, art thou persecuting?
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 as I was upon the road, advanc'd near Damascus, about mid-day, all of a sudden a great light from heaven broke all around me. 7 I fell to the ground, and heard a voice pronounce these words, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" 8 I answered, who art thou, Lord? it answered, "I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute."
Names
Cross References
Matthew 25:45
to this he will reply, I declare unto you, your not doing this for one of the least of these, is the same thing as not doing it for me.
Matthew 27:23
the governor said, why, what mischief has he done? but they cried out the more, let him be crucified.
1 Timothy 1:13
who was before a blasphemer, and a violent persecutor; but I obtained mercy, because I acted thro' ignorance in incrudelity.