Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,
New American Standard Bible
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a
King James Version
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Holman Bible
For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.
International Standard Version
For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
A Conservative Version
For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.
American Standard Version
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Amplified
For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.
An Understandable Version
For the sorrow that God desires produces repentance [i.e., a change of heart and life] that leads to salvation, and which brings no regrets. But the sorrow of the world [i.e., sorrow for wrongdoing for reasons unrelated to God or moral principles] produces [spiritual] death.
Anderson New Testament
For godly sorrow works repentance not to be regretted, which leads to salvation: but the sorrow of the world works death.
Bible in Basic English
For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
Common New Testament
For godly sorrow produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly sorrow produces death.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for religious sorrow produces that salutary repentance, which we never regret: but worldly sorrow preys upon life.
Darby Translation
For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.
Godbey New Testament
For a godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world works out death.
Goodspeed New Testament
For the pain that God approves results in a repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets; but the world's pain results in death.
John Wesley New Testament
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation not to be repented of, whereas the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Julia Smith Translation
For grief according to God works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but grief of the world works death.
King James 2000
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the sorrow of the world works death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For grief according to [the will of] God brings about a repentance [leading] to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.
Modern King James verseion
For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation, not to be regretted, but the grief of the world works out death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For ye sorrowed godly: so that in nothing were ye hurt by us. For godly sorrow causeth repentance, unto salvation not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death.
Moffatt New Testament
the pain God is allowed to guide ends in a saving repentance never to be regretted, whereas the world's pain ends in death.
Montgomery New Testament
For your pain came from God, and so you took no harm from me. For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation, a repentance never to be regretted. But the world's pain works death.
NET Bible
For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
New Heart English Bible
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
Noyes New Testament
For sorrow before God worketh repentance to salvation never to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Sawyer New Testament
For godly sorrow produces a change of mind to salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
The Emphasized Bible
For, grief according to God, worketh, repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; although, the grieving of the world, worketh, death.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For sorrow of a godly sort worketh repentance unto salvation never to be repented of, but worldly sorrow worketh death.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For, when sorrow is in accordance with God's will, it results in a repentance leading to Salvation, and which will never be regretted. The sure result of the sorrow that the world knows is Death.
Webster
For godly sorrow worketh penitence to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Weymouth New Testament
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, a repentance not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world finally produces death.
Williams New Testament
For the sorrow that comes in accordance with the will of God results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets, but the sorrow the world produces results in death.
World English Bible
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
Worrell New Testament
For godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world works death.
Worsley New Testament
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Themes
Contrition » Promises to those who come in contrition
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the contrite
Repentance » What works repentance
Repentance » Called repentance unto salvation
Repentance » Not to be repented of
Repentance » Godly sorrow works
Returning to God » Promises to those who come in contrition
Salvation » Godly sorrow worketh repentance unto
Topics
Interlinear
Katergazomai
κατεργάζομαι
Katergazomai
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Morish
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 7:10
Images 2 Corinthians 7:10
Prayers for 2 Corinthians 7:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Letter That Caused Sadness
9 I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us; 10 for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death, 11 for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.
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Cross References
Acts 11:18
And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, 'Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'
2 Samuel 12:13
And David saith unto Nathan, 'I have sinned against Jehovah.' And Nathan saith unto David, 'Also -- Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not die;
1 Kings 8:47-50
and they have turned it back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely -- we have done wickedly;
Proverbs 17:22
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
Genesis 4:13-15
And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
Genesis 30:1
And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, 'Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'
1 Samuel 30:6
and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.
2 Samuel 13:4
and saith to him, 'Wherefore art thou thus lean, O king's son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?' And Amnon saith to him, 'Tamar -- sister of Absalom my brother -- I am loving.'
2 Samuel 17:23
And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
1 Kings 21:4
and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, 'I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,' and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.
Job 33:27-28
He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are evil, And gladness of heart is a perpetual banquet.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?
Jeremiah 31:9
With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way -- they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim -- My first-born is he.
Ezekiel 7:16
And escaped away have their fugitives, And they have been on the mountains As doves of the valleys, All of them make a noising -- each for his iniquity.
Ezekiel 18:27-30
And in the turning back of the wicked From his wickedness that he hath done, And he doth judgment and righteousness, He his soul doth keep alive.
Jonah 3:8
and cover themselves with sackcloth let man and beast, and let them call unto God mightily, and let them turn back each from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Jonah 3:10
And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done it.
Jonah 4:9
And God saith unto Jonah: 'Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, 'To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'
Matthew 21:28-32
'And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'
Matthew 26:75
and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him -- 'Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.
Matthew 27:4-5
I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, 'What -- to us? thou shalt see!'
Luke 15:10
'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
Luke 18:13
And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!
Acts 3:19
reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
2 Corinthians 12:21
lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.
2 Timothy 2:25-26
in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,
Hebrews 12:17
for ye know that also afterwards, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was disapproved of, for a place of reformation he found not, though with tears having sought it.