Passage

2 Corinthians 11.32

Book: 2 Corinthians · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (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)

"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)

"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)

"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)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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