2COR 12:5 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT On behalf of such a man I will boast. But on behalf of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

UST I could say great things about that, since the person I have been talking about is me. However, I will only say great things about how feeble I am.

BSB § I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.

BLB Concerning such a man I will boast; but concerning myself I will not boast, except in the weaknesses.

AICNT On behalf of such a one I will boast; but I will not boast about myself, except in {the}[fn] weaknesses.

12:5, if not in the: Later manuscripts read “except in my.” BYZ TR

OEB About such a man I will boast, but about myself I will not boast except as regards my weaknesses.

WEBBE On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

LSV Of such a one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses,

FBV Something like that I'll boast about, but I won't boast about myself, except for my weaknesses.

TCNT I will boast on behalf of that man, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

T4T I will proudly talk about that man. However, I will not be boasting as I say that I am the one who saw and heard those wonderful things. I will talk only about the things that cause others to think of me as a weak human being like everyone else.

LEB On behalf of such a person I will boast, but on behalf of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

BBE On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body.

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Wymth Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

ASV On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses.

DRA For such an one I will glory; but for myself I will glory nothing, but in my infirmities.

YLT Of such an one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities,

Drby Of such [a one] I will boast, but of myself I will not boast, unless in my weaknesses.

RV On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses.

Wbstr Of such one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in my infirmities.

KJB-1769 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

KJB-1611 Of such a one will I glory, yet of my selfe I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
(Of such a one will I glory, yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.)

Bshps Of such a man wyll I glorie, yet of my selfe wyll I not glorie, but in myne infirmities.
(Of such a man will I glory, yet of myself will I not glory, but in mine infirmities.)

Gnva Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities.
(Of such a man will I reioyce: of myself will I not rejoice, except it be of mine infirmities. )

Cvdl Here of will I boast, but of my selfe wil I make no boast, excepte it be of myne infirmyties.
(Here of will I boast, but of myself will I make no boast, except it be of mine infirmyties.)

TNT Of this man will I reioyce of my silfe will I not reioyce except it be of myne infirmities.
(Of this man will I rejoice of my self will I not rejoice except it be of mine infirmities. )

Wycl For such maner thingis Y schal glorie; but for me no thing, no but in myn infirmytees.
(For such manner things I shall glory; but for me no thing, no but in mine infirmytees.)

Luth Davon will ich mich rühmen; von mir selbst aber will ich mich nichts rühmen ohne meiner Schwachheit.
(Davon will I me rühmen; from to_me himself/itself but will I me nothing rühmen without my Schwachheit.)

ClVg Pro hujusmodi gloriabor: pro me autem nihil gloriabor nisi in infirmitatibus meis.
(Pro huyusmodi gloriabor: for me however nihil gloriabor nisi in infirmitatibus meis. )

UGNT ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου, καυχήσομαι, ὑπὲρ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ, οὐ καυχήσομαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις.
(huper tou toioutou, kauⱪaʸsomai, huper de emautou, ou kauⱪaʸsomai, ei maʸ en tais astheneiais.)

SBL-GNT ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου καυχήσομαι, ὑπὲρ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ καυχήσομαι εἰ μὴ ἐν ταῖς ⸀ἀσθενείαις.
(huper tou toioutou kauⱪaʸsomai, huper de emautou ou kauⱪaʸsomai ei maʸ en tais ⸀astheneiais.)

TC-GNT Ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου καυχήσομαι· ὑπὲρ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ καυχήσομαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις [fn]μου·
(Huper tou toioutou kauⱪaʸsomai; huper de emautou ou kauⱪaʸsomai, ei maʸ en tais astheneiais mou; )

12:5 μου ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου, καυχήσομαι, ὑπὲρ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ, οὐ καυχήσομαι

concerning ¬the such_‹man› ˱I˲_/will_be/_boasting concerning but myself not ˱I˲_/will_be/_boasting

Here Paul finishes talking about himself in the third person. It is clear here that he does so in order to avoid boasting about himself. Make sure that your translation fits with how you translated 12:2–4. If you have not yet revealed that Paul is speaking about himself, this verse may be a good time to do so. Alternate translation: [On behalf of such a man, who is really myself, I will boast. But on behalf of myself I will not directly boast] or [Since I am that man, I could boast about myself. However, I will not boast about myself]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

οὐ καυχήσομαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις

not ˱I˲_/will_be/_boasting except ¬not/lest in my weaknesses

If, in your language, it would appear that Paul was making a statement here and then contradicting it, you could reword this to avoid using an exception clause. Alternate translation: [I will only boast in my weaknesses]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις

in my weaknesses

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of weaknesses, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [about how weak I am] or [about the many ways in which I am weak]

Parallel 2COR 12:5