Parallel Verses
World English Bible
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting 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?'
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?
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?'
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 It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me. 7 I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?' 8 I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
Names
Cross References
Genesis 3:9
Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 16:8
He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."
Genesis 22:1
It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
Genesis 22:11
The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
Exodus 3:4
When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."
1 Samuel 3:10
Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" Then Samuel said, "Speak; for your servant hears."
Isaiah 43:22-26
Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says Yahweh, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Jeremiah 2:9
"Therefore I will yet contend with you," says Yahweh, "and I will contend with your children's children.
Matthew 25:45
"Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
Matthew 27:23
But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
1 Timothy 1:13
although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.