Acts 22:7

Tyndale New Testament

and I fell vnto the erth and hearde a voyce sayinge vnto me: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

King James Version (1611)
And I fell vnto the ground, and heard a voice saying vnto mee, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

King James Version
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

English Standard Version
And 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, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

New Century Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

Amplified Bible
"And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

Legacy Standard Bible
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

Berean Standard Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?'

Contemporary English Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking, "Saul, Saul, why are you so cruel to me?"

Complete Jewish Bible
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Sha'ul! Sha'ul! Why do you keep persecuting me?'

Darby Translation
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Easy-to-Read Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

Geneva Bible (1587)
So I fell vnto the earth, and heard a voyce, saying vnto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou mee?

George Lamsa Translation
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

Good News Translation
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?'

Lexham English Bible
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

Literal Translation
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?

American Standard Version
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou 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?

Hebrew Names Version
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why do you persecute me?'

International Standard Version
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'

Etheridge Translation
and I fell upon the earth, and heard a voice, which said to me, Shaol, Shaol, why persecutest thou me ?

Murdock Translation
And I fell to the earth: and I heard a voice, which said to me: Saul, Saul ! why persecutest thou me?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I fell vnto the earth, and hearde a voyce saying vnto me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me:

English Revised Version
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

World English Bible
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Weymouth's New Testament
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, "`Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y felde doun to the erthe, and herde a voice fro heuene, seiynge to me, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou me? It is hard to thee to kike ayens the pricke.

Update Bible Version
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

Webster's Bible Translation
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

New English Translation
Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

New King James Version
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

New Living Translation
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

New Life Bible
I fell to the ground. A voice said to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you work so hard against Me?'

New Revised Standard
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I fell also to the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me - Saul! Saul! Why, me, art thou persecuting?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Revised Standard Version
And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'

Young's Literal Translation
I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and I fell to the earth, and herde a voyce which sayde vnto me: Saull Saull, why persecutest thou me?

Mace New Testament (1729)
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice pronounce these words, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
I fell off my horse and heard a voice say, 'Saul, why are you hell-bent on destroying what was heaven-sent?'

Contextual Overview

³ I am verely aman which am a Iewe borne in Tharsus a cite in Cicill: neverthelesse yet brought vp in this cite at ye fete of Gamaliel and informed diligently in the lawe of the fathers and was fervent mynded to Godwarde as ye all are this same daye ⁴ and I persecuted this waye vnto the deeth byndynge and delyveringe into preson bothe men and wemen ⁵ as the chefe prest doth beare me witnes and all the elders: of whom also I receaved letters vnto the brethren and wet to Damasco to bringe them which were there bounde vnto Ierusalem for to be punysshed. ⁶ And it fortuned as I made my iorney and was come nye vnto Damasco aboute none yt sodenly ther shone fro heaven a greate lyght rounde aboute me ⁷ and I fell vnto the erth and hearde a voyce sayinge vnto me: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me? ⁸ And I answered: what arte thou Lorde? And he sayd vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest. ⁹ And they that were with me sawe verely a lyght and were a frayde: but they hearde not the voyce of him that spake with me. ¹⁰ And I sayde: what shall I do Lorde? And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Aryse and goo into Damasco and there it shalbe tolde the of all thinges which are apoynted for the to do. ¹¹ And when I sawe nothynge for the brightnes of that light I was ledde by the honde of them that were with me and came into Damasco. ¹² And one Ananias a perfect man and as pertayninge to the lawe havinge good reporte of all the Iewes which there dwelt

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Saul: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 22:1, Genesis 22:11, Exodus 3:4, 1 Samuel 3:10

why: Isaiah 43:22-26, Jeremiah 2:5, Jeremiah 2:9, Matthew 25:45, Matthew 27:23, 1 Timothy 1:13

Reciprocal: Matthew 17:6 - General Acts 9:4 - why Acts 23:9 - if Acts 26:14 - Saul Romans 1:1 - Paul

Cross-References

Matthew 26:39
And he went a lytell aparte and fell flat on his face and prayed sayinge: O my father yf it be possible let this cuppe passe from me: neverthelesse not as I wyll but as thou wylt.

Matthew 26:42
He went awaye once moare and prayed sayinge: O my father yf this cuppe can not passe away from me but yt I drinke of it thy wyll be fulfylled.

John 18:11
Then sayde Iesus vnto Peter: put vp thy swearde into ye sheath: shall I not drinke of ye cup which my father hath geven me?

Romans 8:15
For ye have no receaved the sprete of bondage to feare eny moare but ye have receaved the sprite of adopcion wherby we crye Abba father.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I fell unto the ground,.... And so did those that were with him, Acts 26:14.

And heard a voice, saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Acts 26:14- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes on Acts 9:3-7.

Acts 22:6

As I made my journey - As I was on my journey.

About noon - Acts 26:13, “at mid-day.” This circumstance is omitted by Luke in his account in Acts 9:0: Paul mentions it as being the more remarkable since it occurred at mid-day, to show that he was not deluded by any meteoric or natural appearances, which usually occur at night.

Acts 22:11

The glory of that light - The splendor, the intense brilliancy of the light. See this and its effects explained in the notes on Acts 9:8.