Verse 21

To my shame, I must admit that we were too weak for that! Yet whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking like a fool—I also dare to boast.

Other Translations

  • Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

    Jeg taler når det gjelder skam, som om vi har vært svake. Men uansett hvor noen er modig, (jeg taler dumt,) er jeg modig også.

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk

    Til min skam sier jeg dette, som om vi har vært svake. Men i det som noen våger, (uten at jeg mener det alvorlig,) det våger også jeg.

  • Norsk King James

    Jeg snakker i forbindelse med skam, som om vi har vært svake. Men hvor som helst noen er modig (jeg snakker tåpelig), er jeg også modig.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Til skam sier jeg dette, at vi sto svakt der; men det som noen er dristig av — jeg taler i tåpelighet — det er jeg også dristig av.

  • KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

    Jeg taler etter vanære, som om vi hadde vært svake. Men hvor andre er dristige (jeg taler i dårskap), der er jeg også dristig.

  • Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

    Jeg sier dette med skam, som om vi skulle ha vært svake. Men det noen våger å skryte av — i dumhet snakker jeg nå — det våger også jeg.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Jeg taler om dette til vanære, som om vi var svake. Men hva noen enn våger seg på (jeg taler som i dårskap), det tør jeg også.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Jeg taler om den kritikk og forakt vi har møtt, som om vi var svake; men der noen er dristige (jeg taler kanskje tåpelig), er jeg også dristig.

  • gpt4.5-preview

    Til min skam må jeg si at vi var svake til å gjøre slike ting. Men om noen andre våger å rose seg av noe (jeg snakker nå i dårskap), våger også jeg.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Til min skam må jeg si at vi var svake til å gjøre slike ting. Men om noen andre våger å rose seg av noe (jeg snakker nå i dårskap), våger også jeg.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Det sier jeg til min skam, som om vi var svake. Men det enhver våger å gjøre (jeg sier det i dårskap), det våger jeg også.

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

    Til vanære sier jeg, som om vi var svake. Men hvor noen er frimodige (jeg taler i dårskap), der er jeg også frimodig.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Til Skam siger jeg dette, at vi (deri) vare svage; men det hvoraf Nogen er dristig, — jeg taler i Daarlighed — er og jeg dristig af.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Jeg taler om tilkortkommenhet, som om vi har vært svake. Men der andre våger, (jeg taler dåraktig,) våger jeg også.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    I speak concerning reproach, as though we were weak. But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Som en form for nedsettelse sier jeg at vi har vært svake. Men hva noen enn måtte være djerv i (jeg taler i tåpelighet), så er jeg også djerv.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    For å nedverdige meg selv sier jeg dette, som om vi var svake. Men hva enn noen er modig i, sier jeg i dumskap: også jeg er det.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Jeg taler til min egen skade, som om vi hadde vært svake. Men der noen er dristige (jeg taler i dårskap), er jeg også dristig.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Jeg sier dette for å skamme oss, som om vi hadde vært svake. Men hvis noen opphøyer seg (jeg snakker som en tåpelig person), vil jeg gjøre det samme.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    I speake as concernynge rebuke as though we had bene weake. How be it wherin soever eny man dare be bolde (I speake folisshly) I dare be bolde als

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I speake concernynge rebuke, as though we were weake.Wherin so euer now eny man darre be bolde (I speake folishly) therin darre I be bolde also.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I speake as concerning the reproche: as though that we had bene weake: but wherein any ma is bold (I speake foolishly) I am bold also.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I speake concernyng reproche, as though we had ben weake: Howbeit, wherin soeuer any man is bolde, (I speake foolishly) I am bolde also.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    in reference to dishonour I speak, how that we were weak, and in whatever any one is bold -- in foolishness I say `it' -- I also am bold.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting.
  • 2 Cor 11:22-27 : 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who is humble when present among you but bold when absent. 2 I beg you that when I am present, I will not have to be bold with the confidence I consider using against some, who think we live according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to be harsh in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not tearing you down.
  • Phil 3:3-6 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh. 4 Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks they have grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.