Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not put to death;

New American Standard Bible

as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death,

King James Version

As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Holman Bible

as unknown yet recognized;
as dying and look—we live;
as being disciplined yet not killed;

International Standard Version

as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet as you see very much alive, as punished and yet not killed,

American Standard Version

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Amplified

as unknown [to the world], yet well-known [by God and His people]; as dying, yet we live; as punished, yet not killed;

An Understandable Version

as [both] unknown [to people] and yet well-known; [we have almost] died, and yet as you see, we are still alive; [we have been] punished and yet not killed;

Anderson New Testament

as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and yet not put to death;

Bible in Basic English

Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

Common New Testament

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed;

Daniel Mace New Testament

as unknown, and yet celebrated; as dying, and yet I am alive; as chastised, but not slain;

Darby Translation

as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, and not put to death;

Godbey New Testament

as being unknown, and perfectly known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Goodspeed New Testament

obscure, when I am well known, at the point of death, yet here I am alive, punished, but not dead yet,

John Wesley New Testament

as dying, yet behold we live; as chastened, yet not killed;

Julia Smith Translation

As being ignorant, and knowing; as dying, and, behold, we live; as being disciplined, and not killed;

King James 2000

As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Lexham Expanded Bible

as unknown and [yet] known completely, as dying, and behold, we go on living, as disciplined, and [yet] not put to death,

Modern King James verseion

as unknown and yet well known; as dying and, behold, we live; as chastened and not killed;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

as unknown, and yet known, as dying - and behold we yet live - as chastened and not killed,

Moffatt New Testament

'unknown' but well-known, dying but here I am alive, chastened but not killed,

Montgomery New Testament

as unknown and yet well known; as at death's door, yet, strange to tell, I live on; as chastened, but not killed;

NET Bible

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet -- see! -- we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

New Heart English Bible

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

Noyes New Testament

as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Sawyer New Testament

as unknown and well-known, as dying and behold we live, as chastened and not killed,

The Emphasized Bible

as unknown, and yet well-known, as dying, and lo! we live, as disciplined, and yet not put to death,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

as unknown, though well known; as dying, and lo! we live; as chastened, yet not given over to death;

Twentieth Century New Testament

As unknown, yet well-known; as at death's door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed;

Webster

As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Weymouth New Testament

as obscure persons, and yet are well known; as on the point of death, and yet, strange to tell, we live; as under God's discipline, and yet we are not deprived of life;

Williams New Testament

obscure and yet well-known, on the point of dying and yet I go on living, punished and yet not put to death,

World English Bible

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

Worrell New Testament

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Worsley New Testament

as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, but not put to death;

Youngs Literal Translation

as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

G50
ἀγνοέω 
Agnoeo 
Usage: 22

and





and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἐπιγινώσκω 
Epiginosko 
Usage: 37

as
ὡς 
Hos 
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417
Usage: 417

ἀποθνήσκω 
Apothnesko 
die, be dead, be at the point of death +9, perish, lie a dying, be slain +, vr dead
Usage: 93

ἰδού 
Idou 
behold, lo, see
Usage: 140

we live
ζάω 
Zao 
live, be alive, alive, quick, lively, not tr, , vr live
Usage: 115

παιδεύω 
Paideuo 
Usage: 12

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

Devotionals

Devotionals containing 2 Corinthians 6:9

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Afflictions Of God's Servants

8 through glory and disrepute, through slander and commendation; as deceitful, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not put to death; 10 as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.



Cross References

Romans 8:36

Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter.

1 Corinthians 4:9

For I think God has exhibited us the apostles least, as men sentenced to die, because we became a spectacle to the world, both to heavenly agents and to men.

2 Corinthians 4:10-11

Always carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our body.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive.

2 Corinthians 11:6

But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything made known in all things to you.

Psalm 118:17-18

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of LORD.

Acts 17:18

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, Whatever does this babbler want to say? But others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities, because he brought the good-news--Jesus and t

Acts 19:26

And ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this man Paul, having persuaded them, turned away a considerable multitude, saying that there are no gods made by hands.

Acts 21:37-38

and as Paul was going to be brought into the fort, he says to the chief captain, Is it permitted for me to speak to thee? And he said, Thou know Greek?

Acts 25:14-15

And as he was remaining there more days, Festus declared to the King the things concerning Paul, saying, There is a certain man who was left behind a prisoner by Felix,

Acts 25:19

but had certain issues against him about his own religion, and about a certain Jesus, who has died, whom Paul was claiming to be alive.

Acts 25:26

About whom I do not have anything certain to write to the lord. Therefore I brought him before you, and especially before thee, king Agrippa, so that, an examination having occurred, I may have something to write.

Romans 15:19

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good-news of Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged by Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world.

1 Corinthians 15:31

By the pride that belongs to you, that I keep in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Having seen therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. But we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.

Galatians 1:22-24

And I was unknown by face to the congregations of Judea in Christ,

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