# 2 Corinthians 11.32 **Book:** [2 Corinthians](/codex/2-corinthians/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 30. If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness. 31. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not. > > **32. In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:** > > 33. and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands. (2 Corinthians 11:30-33, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 30. If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness. 31. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie. > > **32. In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.** > > 33. Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands. (2 Corinthians 11:30-33, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 30. If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. > > **32. In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:** > > 33. And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. (2 Corinthians 11:30-33, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 30. if to boast it behoveth [me], of the things of my infirmity I will boast; 31. the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed to the ages, hath known that I do not lie! > > **32. In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,** > > 33. and through a window in a rope basket I was let down, through the wall, and fled out of his hands. (2 Corinthians 11:30-33, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [NT Geographical Reliability](/codex/nt-geographical-reliability/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.