1 Corinthians 2:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹¹ For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man's thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehend) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Who knows a person’s depths except their own spirit that lives in them? In the same way, no one has known the depths of God except God’s Spirit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And who can know the things that are of a man, except the spirit which is within that man? So also, no one knows the things which are of God, except the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 2:11 Cross References

Proverbs 20:27

The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the innermost parts of the belly.

1 Corinthians 2:10

But unto us God revealed them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately sick: who can know it?

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

Proverbs 20:5

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Job 15:8

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

1 Corinthians 12:8

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit: