Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
NIV
And frequently I punished them in all the synagogues to make them blaspheme; and in my bitter fury against them, I harassed (troubled, molested, persecuted) and pursued them even to foreign cities.
AMP
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
KJV
For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
NIV
For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, who am not fit or deserving to be called an apostle, because I once wronged and pursued and molested the church of God [oppressing it with cruelty and violence].
AMP
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
KJV
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
NIV
Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.]AMP
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
KJV
God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
NIV
[My adversary Satan] has torn [me] in his wrath and hated and persecuted me; he has gnashed upon me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
AMP
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
KJV
Sin and Shin. Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
NIV
Princes pursue and persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]. [I Sam. 24:11, 14; 26:18.]AMP
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
KJV
Which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
NIV
Who smote the peoples in anger with incessant blows and trod down the nations in wrath with unrelenting persecution--[until] he who smote is persecuted and no one hinders any more.
AMP
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
KJV
The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
NIV
For the enemy has pursued and persecuted my soul, he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.
AMP
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
KJV
