2 Corinthians

1611 King James Version (KJV)

2 Corinthians 10:10

“For his letters (say they) are waighty and powerfull, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speach contemptible.”

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Other Translations for 2 Corinthians 10:10

For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.
- King James Version

For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.
- Basic English Bible

because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.
- Darby Bible

For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
- Webster's Bible

For they say "His letters are authoritative and forcible, but his personal presence is unimpressive, and as for eloquence, he has none."
- Weymouth Bible

For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
- World English Bible

for thei seien, That epistlis ben greuouse and stronge, but the presence of the bodi is feble, and the word worthi to be dispisid.
- Wycliffe Bible

`because the letters indeed -- saith one -- [are] weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

Commentary for 2 Corinthians 10:10

Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 10:10

10:10 His bodily presence is weak - His stature, says St. Chrysostom, was low, his body crooked, and his head bald.


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