2 Corinthians 11:32

NETBible

In Damascus, the governor 1  under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus 2  in order to arrest 3  me,

NIV ©

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.

NASB ©

In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

NLT ©

When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the city gates to catch me.

MSG ©

Remember the time I was in Damascus and the governor of King Aretas posted guards at the city gates to arrest me?

BBE ©

In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

NRSV ©

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me,

NKJV ©

In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;

KJV
In
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Damascus
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the governor
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under Aretas
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the king
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kept
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the city
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of the Damascenes
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with a garrison
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desirous
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to apprehend
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me
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NASB ©
In Damascus
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the ethnarch
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under Aretas
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the king
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was guarding
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the city
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of the Damascenes
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in order to seize
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me,
NET [draft] ITL
In
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Damascus
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, the governor
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under King
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Aretas
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was guarding
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the city
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of Damascus
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in order to arrest
<4084>
me
<3165>
,
GREEK
en
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damaskw
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T-NSM
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N-NSM
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tou
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T-GSM
basilewv
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N-GSM
efrourei
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V-IAI-3S
thn
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T-ASF
polin
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N-ASF
damaskhnwn
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A-GPM
piasai
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V-AAN
me
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P-1AS
NETBible

In Damascus, the governor 1  under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus 2  in order to arrest 3  me,

NET Notes

1 tn Grk “ethnarch.”

1 sn The governor was an official called an ethnarch who was appointed to rule over a particular area or constituency on behalf of a king.

2 tn Grk “the city of the Damascenes.”

3 tn Or “to seize,” “to catch.”