| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ac 26:14 | King James | And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. |
| Strong Concordance | And [1161] when we [2257] were [2667] all [3956] fallen [2667] to [1519] the earth [1093], I heard [191] a voice [5456] speaking [2980] unto [4314] me [3165], and [2532] saying [3004] in the Hebrew [1446] tongue [1258], Saul [4549], Saul [4549], why [5101] persecutest thou [1377] me [3165]? it is hard [4642] for thee [4671] to kick [2979] against [4314] the pricks [2759]. |
| Greek For 4642 | |
| Word | skleros |
| Pronunciation | sklay-ros' |
| Definition |
from the base of 4628; dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe): fierce, hard. |
| Root(s) | 4628 |
| Verse Occurrences | 6 |
| Verse | Other Content | Text |
| Mt 25:24 | C D T R K | Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard [4642] man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed : |
| Joh 6:60 | C T R K | Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard [4642] saying; who can hear it? |
| Ac 9:5 | C D T R K | And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest : it is hard [4642] for thee to kick against the pricks. |
| Ac 26:14 | C D T R K | And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard [4642] for thee to kick against the pricks. |
| Jas 3:4 | C D T R K | Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce [4642] winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. |
| Jude 1:15 | C D T R K | To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard [4642] speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. |