2 Corinthians 12:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too elated.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And to keep me from being puffed up and too much elated by the exceeding greatness (preeminence) of these revelations, there was given me a thorn (a splinter) in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to rack and buffet and harass me, to keep me from being excessively exalted. [Job. 2:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

Common English Bible

⁷ I was given a thorn in my body because of the outstanding revelations I’ve received so that I wouldn’t be conceited. It’s a messenger from Satan sent to torment me so that I wouldn’t be conceited.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And lest the greatness of the revelations should extol me, there was given to me a prodding in my flesh: an angel of Satan, who struck me repeatedly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me.

2 Corinthians 12:7 Cross References

Genesis 32:25

When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob's thigh was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.

Genesis 32:31

The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his thigh.

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he was strong he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was false to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 32:31

And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to try him and to know all that was in his heart.

Job 2:6

And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power; only spare his life.”

Job 2:7

So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and afflicted Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Ezekiel 28:24

“And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him;

Hosea 2:6

Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns; and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.

Numbers 33:55

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in his face, and struck him; and some slapped him,

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Begone, Satan! for it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’ ”

Luke 13:16

And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?”

1 Corinthians 4:11

To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless,

1 Corinthians 5:5

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.”

2 Corinthians 10:5

We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you bear it if a man makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.

2 Corinthians 12:1

I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 4:13

you know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first;

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left; so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.

Deuteronomy 8:14

then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil;

Judges 2:3

So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”