2 Corinthians 4:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ We are hedged in (pressed) on every side [troubled and oppressed in every way], but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

Common English Bible

⁸ We are experiencing all kinds of trouble, but we aren’t crushed. We are confused, but we aren’t depressed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ In all things we suffer tribulation, but are not distressed; we are straitened, but are not destitute;

2 Corinthians 4:8 Cross References

Psalm 129:2

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalm 37:33

The LORD will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: And his children shall have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Isaiah 40:31

but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

Habakkuk 3:17

For though the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

John 14:18

I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.

1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

2 Corinthians 6:12

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

2 Corinthians 6:4

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 7:5

For even when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

Galatians 4:20

yea, I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed about you.

1 Samuel 28:15

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.