2 Corinthians 4:9
ContextNET © | we are persecuted, but not abandoned; 1 we are knocked down, 2 but not destroyed, |
NIV © | persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. |
NASB © | persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; |
NLT © | We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. |
MSG © | but we know that God knows what to do; we've been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn't left our side; we've been thrown down, but we haven't broken. |
BBE © | We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help; |
NRSV © | persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; |
NKJV © | persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed–– |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | we are persecuted, but not abandoned; 1 we are knocked down, 2 but not destroyed, |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “forsaken.” 2 tn Or “badly hurt.” It is possible to interpret καταβαλλόμενοι (kataballomenoi) here as “badly hurt”: “[we are] badly hurt, but not destroyed” (L&N 20.21). |