Spiritual Wisdom
1 Corinthians 2:11
In 9 translations
- BSB
- For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
- KJV
- For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
- WEB
- For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except God’s Spirit.
- ASV
- For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.
- LSV
- for who of men has known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? So also the things of God no one has known, except the Spirit of God.
- YLT
- for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.
- DBY
- For who of men hath known the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? thus also the things of God knows no one except the Spirit of God.ElohimElohim
- DRC
- For what man knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man that is in him? So the things also that are of God no man knoweth, but the Spirit of God.
- GNV
- For what man knoweth the things of a man, saue the spirite of a man, which is in him? euen so the things of God knoweth no man, but the spirit of God.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔγνωκεν (“has known”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οἶδεν (“has known”).
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- SBLGNT: ἔγνωκεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔγνωκεν; Robinson–Pierpont read οἶδεν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τίς γὰρ οἶδεν ἀνθρώπων τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ; οὕτως καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδεὶς ἔγνωκεν εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ.
- RP2018
- Τίς γὰρ οἶδεν ἀνθρώπων τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ; Οὕτως καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ.
- TR-Boyd
- Τίς γὰρ οἶδεν ἀνθρώπων τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ; Οὕτω καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ.
- SCR1894
- τις γαρ οιδεν ανθρωπων τα του ανθρωπου ει μη το πνευμα του ανθρωπου το εν αυτω ουτως και τα του θεου ουδεις οιδεν ει μη το πνευμα του θεου
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 20:27The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Romans 11:33–34O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
- Proverbs 20:5The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
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