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2 Corinthians 12:4

NETBible	was caught up into paradise¹ and heard things too sacred to be put into words,² things that a person³ is not permitted to speak.
NIV © biblegateway 2Co 12:4	was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell.
NASB © biblegateway 2Co 12:4	was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.
NLT © biblegateway 2Co 12:4	But I do know that I was caught up into paradise and heard things so astounding that they cannot be told.
BBE © SABDAweb 2Co 12:4	How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Co 12:4	was caught up into Paradise and heard things that are not to be told, that no mortal is permitted to repeat.
NKJV © biblegateway 2Co 12:4	how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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KJV	How that <3754> he was caught up <726> (5648) into <1519> paradise <3857>_, and <2532> heard <191> (5656) unspeakable <731> words <4487>_, which <3739> it is <1832> (0) not <3756> lawful <1832> (5752) for a man <444> to utter <2980> (5658)_. {lawful: or, possible}
NASB © biblegateway 2Co 12:4	was caught <726> up into Paradise <3857> and heard <191> inexpressible <731> words <4487> , which <3739> a man <444> is not permitted <1832> to speak <2980> .
NET [draft] ITL	was caught up <726> into <1519> paradise <3857> and <2532> heard <191> things too sacred <731> to be put into words <4487> , things that <3739> a person <444> is <1832> not <3756> permitted <1832> to speak <2980> .
GREEK	oti <3754> CONJ hrpagh <726> (5648) V-2API-3S eiv <1519> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM paradeison <3857> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ hkousen <191> (5656) V-AAI-3S arrhta <731> A-APN rhmata <4487> N-APN a <3739> R-APN ouk <3756> PRT-N exon <1832> (5901) V-PQP-NSN anyrwpw <444> N-DSM lalhsai <2980> (5658) V-AAN

NETBible

was caught up into paradise¹ and heard things too sacred to be put into words,² things that a person³ is not permitted to speak.

NET Notes

¹sn In the NT, paradise is mentioned three times. In Luke 23:43 it refers to the abode of the righteous dead. In Rev 2:7 it refers to the restoration of Edenic paradise predicted in Isa 51:3 and Ezek 36:35. The reference here in 2 Cor 12:4 is probably to be translated as parallel to the mention of the “third heaven” in v. 2. Assuming that the “first heaven” would be atmospheric heaven (the sky) and “second heaven” the more distant stars and planets, “third heaven” would refer to the place where God dwells. This is much more likely than some variation on the seven heavens mentioned in the pseudepigraphic book 2 Enoch and in other nonbiblical and rabbinic works.

²tn Or “things that cannot be put into words.”

³tn Grk “a man.”