Paul’s Suffering and Service
2 Corinthians 11:32
In 9 translations
- BSB
- In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
- KJV
- In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
- WEB
- In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.
- ASV
- In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:
- LSV
- In Damascus the governor [under] Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,
- YLT
- In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,
- DBY
- In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;
- DRC
- At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me.
- GNV
- In Damascus the gouernour of the people vnder King Aretas, layde watch in the citie of the Damascens, and would haue caught me.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include θέλων (“wishing”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Spelling of Ἁρέτα: Tyndale House: Ἀρέτα.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πόλιν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν; Robinson–Pierpont read Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν.
- SBLGNT: με. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read με; Robinson–Pierpont add θέλων.
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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν πιάσαι με,
- RP2018
- Ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἀρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν, πιάσαι με θέλων·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἀρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν, πιάσαι με θέλων·
- SCR1894
- εν δαμασκω ο εθναρχης αρετα του βασιλεως εφρουρει την δαμασκηνων πολιν πιασαι με θελων
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Corinthians 11:26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
- Acts 9:24–25but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
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