7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?'


In Context

4 I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,

5 as also the high priest and all the Council can testify. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

6 "About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?'

8 " 'Who are you, Lord?' I asked.

9 " 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,' he replied. My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.

Acts 22:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me?