Acts 9:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

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  • Deut 32:15 : 15 And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.
  • 1 Sam 3:4-9 : 4 and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, `Here `am' I.' 5 And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and he saith, `I called not; turn back, lie down;' and he goeth and lieth down. 6 And Jehovah addeth to call again Samuel, and Samuel riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and he saith, `I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.' 7 And Samuel hath not yet known Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah is not yet revealed unto him. 8 And Jehovah addeth to call Samuel the third time, and he riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and Eli understandeth that Jehovah is calling to the youth. 9 And Eli saith to Samuel, `Go, lie down, and it hath been, if He doth call unto thee, that thou hast said, Speak, Jehovah, for Thy servant is hearing;' and Samuel goeth and lieth down in his place. 10 And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, `Samuel, Samuel;' and Samuel saith, `Speak, for Thy servant if hearing.'
  • Job 9:4 : 4 Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?
  • Job 40:9-9 : 9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder? 10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Wo `to' him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?'
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.'
  • Acts 26:9 : 9 `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved `me' many things to do,
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 do we arouse the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 90%

    12 `In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

    13 at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;

    14 and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

    15 `And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

    16 but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things `in which' I will appear to thee,

    17 delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

  • Acts 9:1-4
    4 verses
    88%

    1 And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

    2 did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3 And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,

    4 and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

  • Acts 22:4-11
    8 verses
    87%

    4 `And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

    5 as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

    6 and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

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

    8 `And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

    9 and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me --

    10 and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

    11 `And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

  • Acts 9:6-8
    3 verses
    83%

    6 trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

    7 And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,

    8 and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,

  • Acts 9:10-17
    8 verses
    78%

    10 And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;'

    11 and the Lord `saith' unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, `one' by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

    12 and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'

    13 And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

    14 and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

    15 And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

    16 for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

    17 And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him `his' hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

  • 19 and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

  • 21 And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

  • 71%

    13 having come unto me and stood by `me', said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;

    14 and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,

  • 13 for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

  • 23 and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was wasting;'

  • 9 And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

  • 41 saying, `What wilt thou I shall do to thee?' and he said, `Sir, that I may receive sight.'

  • 9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

  • 27 and Barnabas having taken him, brought `him' unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

  • John 9:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36 he answered and said, `Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?'

    37 And Jesus said to him, `Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;'

  • 21 and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

  • 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,

  • Acts 26:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved `me' many things to do,

    10 which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

  • 11 and now, lo, a hand of the Lord `is' upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead `him' by the hand;

  • John 18:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6 when, therefore, he said to them -- `I am `he',' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

    7 Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?' and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;'

  • 8 And he saith to me, Who `art' thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I `am'.'

  • 57 And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'