2 Corinthians 11:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

New Living Translation
Such boasting is not from the Lord, but I am acting like a fool.

English Standard Version
What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool.

Berean Study Bible
In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

New American Standard Bible
What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

NASB 1995
What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

NASB 1977
That which I am speaking, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

Amplified Bible
What I say in this confident boasting, I say not as the Lord would [with His authority], but foolishly.

Christian Standard Bible
What I am saying in this matter of boasting, I don’t speak as the Lord would, but as it were, foolishly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What I say in this matter of boasting, I don't speak as the Lord would, but foolishly.

Contemporary English Version
When I do all this bragging, I do it as a fool and not for the Lord.

Good News Translation
Of course what I am saying now is not what the Lord would have me say; in this matter of boasting I am really talking like a fool.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What I say as I start bragging is foolishness. It's not something I would say if I were speaking for the Lord.

International Standard Version
When I talk as a confident boaster, I am not talking with the Lord's authority but like a fool.

NET Bible
What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

New King James Version
What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

King James 2000 Bible
That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

New Heart English Bible
That which I speak, I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

World English Bible
That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

American King James Version
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

American Standard Version
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

A Faithful Version
What I am now saying, I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

Darby Bible Translation
What I speak I do not speak according to [the] Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.

English Revised Version
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

Webster's Bible Translation
That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
That I speake now, that speake I not after the LORDE, but as it were in folishnes, whyle we are now come to boastinge:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
That I speake I speake it not after the wayes of the lorde: but as it were folysshly whill we are now come to bostynge.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
That which I speak, I do not speak according to the LORD, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;

Berean Literal Bible
What I am saying in this confidence of boasting, I am not saying according to the Lord, but as in foolishness.

Young's Literal Translation
That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;

Smith's Literal Translation
What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in madness, in this first principle of boasting.

Literal Emphasis Translation
What I am saying I am not saying according to the Lord, but rather as in foolishness, in this assurance of boasting.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

Catholic Public Domain Version
What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Everything that I speak, it is not by our Lord that I speak, but as in folly on this occasion of boasting.

Lamsa Bible
What I now say, I speak not after our LORD, but as it were foolishly, on this occasion of boasting.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
What I say, I say not according to the Lord, but as in folly, in this same confidence of boasting.

Godbey New Testament
What I say, I am not saying according to the Lord, but as it were in folly, in this confidence of glorying.

Haweis New Testament
What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly in this confidence of boasting.

Mace New Testament
what I say, I say it not as an apostle, but as it were to indulge my vanity in this matter of boasting.

Weymouth New Testament
What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless boasting.

Worrell New Testament
What I am speaking I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

Worsley New Testament
What I speak I speak not as from the Lord, but as in weakness, in this confidence of boasting.
















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