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Paul’s Revelation

2 Corinthians 12:4

In 9 translations

BSB
was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.
KJV
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
WEB
how he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
ASV
how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
LSV
that he was snatched up to the paradise, and heard unutterable sayings, that it is not possible for man to speak.
YLT
that he was caught away to the paradise, and heard unutterable sayings, that it is not possible for man to speak.
DBY
that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable things said which it is not allowed to man to utter.
DRC
That he was caught up into paradise, and heard secret words, which it is not granted to man to utter.
GNV
How that he was taken vp into Paradise, and heard words which cannot be spoken, which are not possible for man to vtter.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅτι ἡρπάγη εἰς τὸν παράδεισον καὶ ἤκουσεν ἄρρητα ῥήματα ἃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι.
RP2018
ὅτι ἡρπάγη εἰς τὸν παράδεισον, καὶ ἤκουσεν ἄρρητα ῥήματα, ἃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι.
TR-Boyd
ὅτι ἡρπάγη εἰς τὸν παράδεισον, καὶ ἤκουσεν ἄρρητα ῥήματα, ἃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι.
SCR1894
οτι ηρπαγη εις τον παραδεισον και ηκουσεν αρρητα ρηματα α ουκ εξον ανθρωπω λαλησαι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
  • Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
  • Ezekiel 31:9I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

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