Acts 9:4
ContextNET © | He 1 fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, 2 why are you persecuting me?” 3 |
NIV © | He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" |
NASB © | and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" |
NLT © | He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?" |
MSG © | As he fell to the ground, he heard a voice: "Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?" |
BBE © | And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? |
NRSV © | He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" |
NKJV © | Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | He 1 fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, 2 why are you persecuting me?” 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun. 2 tn The double vocative suggests emotion. 3 sn Persecuting me. To persecute the church is to persecute Jesus. |