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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

1 Corinthians 4:11

Until the present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and are wanderers,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Paul;   Persecution;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Justification;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflictions;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Homeless;   Ministers;   Thirst (Physical);   Trials;   The Topic Concordance - Disciples/apostles;   Persecution;   Suffering;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Wealth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Presbyterians;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Persecution in the Bible;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Manna;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abstinence;   Buffet;   Buffeting;   Rod;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Buffet;   Certain;   Naked;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 31;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for February 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;
King James Version (1611)
Euen vnto this present houre we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
King James Version
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
English Standard Version
To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless,
New American Standard Bible
Up to this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless;
New Century Version
Even to this very hour we do not have enough to eat or drink or to wear. We are often beaten, and we have no homes in which to live.
Amplified Bible
To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless;
Legacy Standard Bible
To this present hour we hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed, and roughly treated, and homeless;
Berean Standard Bible
To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
Contemporary English Version
Even today we go hungry and thirsty and don't have anything to wear except rags. We are mistreated and don't have a place to live.
Complete Jewish Bible
Till this very moment we go hungry and thirsty, we are dressed in rags, we are treated roughly, we wander from place to place,
Darby Translation
To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,
Easy-to-Read Version
Even now we still don't have enough to eat or drink, and we don't have enough clothes. We often get beatings. We have no homes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Vnto this houre we both hunger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
George Lamsa Translation
Even to this very hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked and mistreated and have no permanent home;
Good News Translation
To this very moment we go hungry and thirsty; we are clothed in rags; we are beaten; we wander from place to place;
Lexham English Bible
Until the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty and poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless,
Literal Translation
Until the present hour we also hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander homeless,
American Standard Version
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
Bible in Basic English
Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
Hebrew Names Version
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
International Standard Version
To this very hour we are hungry, thirsty, dressed in rags, brutally treated, and homeless.Job 1:22:6; Acts 23:2; Romans 8:35; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 11:23-27; Philippians 4:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Until this hour we hunger and thirst, we are naked and beaten and have no fixed dwelling;
Murdock Translation
Unto this hour, we hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no permanent home:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen vnto this time we both hunger and thirste, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwellyng place.
English Revised Version
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
World English Bible
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Even to this present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain abode, And labour, working with our own hands:
Weymouth's New Testament
To this very moment we endure both hunger and thirst, with scanty clothing and many a blow.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Til in to this our we hungren, and thirsten, and ben nakid, and ben smytun with buffatis,
Update Bible Version
Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
Webster's Bible Translation
Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
New English Translation
To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.
New King James Version
To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.
New Living Translation
Even now we go hungry and thirsty, and we don't have enough clothes to keep warm. We are often beaten and have no home.
New Life Bible
To this hour we are hungry and thirsty, and our clothes are worn out. People hurt us. We have no homes.
New Revised Standard
To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no fixed abode.
Revised Standard Version
To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Eve vnto this daye we honger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted wt fistes and have no certayne dwellinge place
Young's Literal Translation
unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen vnto this daye we hoger and thyrst, and are naked, and are boffetted with fystes, and haue no certayne dwellinge place,
Mace New Testament (1729)
to this very day we suffer both hunger, thirst, and penury: we are buffeted from place to place, as vagabonds:
Simplified Cowboy Version
Even now we are hungry and don't have a piece of jerky to calm the growl of our bellies. We're thirsty, hungry, and our clothes won't turn away the chill. We're beaten in public and don't even have a campfire by which to lick our wounds.

Contextual Overview

7 For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou which thou didst not receive? But, if thou didst even receive it, why dost thou boast, as though thou hadst not received it? 8 Already, ye have become full, already, ye are become rich, - apart from us, ye are become kings! And I would indeed ye had become kings, that, we also, with you, might have together become kings! 9 For I think that, God, hath set forth, us the apostles, to be last of all, as men devoted to death, - in that, a spectacle, have we been made, unto the world, - both unto messengers and unto men. 10 We, are foolish for Christ's sake, but, ye, prudent in Christ; we are weak, but, ye, mighty; ye, all-glorious, but, we, dishonoured. 11 Until the present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and are wanderers, 12 And toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless, being persecuted, we hold on, 13 Being defamed, we beseech: as the sweepings of the world have we become, the offscouring of all - until even now.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: 1 Corinthians 9:4, 2 Corinthians 4:8, 2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 6:5, 2 Corinthians 11:26, 2 Corinthians 11:27, Philippians 4:12

and are naked: Job 22:6, Romans 8:35

and are buffeted: Acts 14:19, Acts 16:23, Acts 23:2, 2 Corinthians 11:23-25, 2 Timothy 3:11

and have: Matthew 8:20

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:14 - sitting Psalms 25:17 - General Proverbs 13:7 - that maketh himself poor Matthew 11:8 - A man Matthew 20:12 - borne Matthew 26:52 - Put Luke 6:21 - ye that hunger Luke 6:22 - for Luke 6:29 - smiteth Luke 16:21 - desiring Acts 3:6 - Silver 1 Corinthians 9:6 - have 1 Corinthians 9:12 - but 1 Corinthians 9:27 - I keep 2 Corinthians 12:7 - to buffet Philippians 4:11 - in respect 2 Timothy 4:13 - cloak 1 Peter 2:20 - buffeted

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent - Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field, - on thy belly, shall thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Genesis 4:14
Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground And from thy face, shall I be hid, So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth. And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me.
Genesis 4:15
And Yahweh said to him - Not so, whosoever slayeth Cain seven - fold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.
Genesis 4:16
So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh, - and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took to himself two wives, - the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal, - he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle;
Genesis 4:21
and, the name of his brother, was Jubal, - he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute,
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth - to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, - then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.
Job 16:18
O earth! do not cover my blood, and let there be no place for mine outcry.
Isaiah 26:21
For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earths inhabitant upon him, - Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even unto this present hour,.... What is about to be related was not what befell the apostles now and then, and a great while ago; but what for a considerable time, and unto the present time, was more or less the common constant series and course of life they were inured to:

we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked; wanted the common necessaries of life, food to eat, and raiment to put on, and gold and silver to purchase any with; which might be, when, as it was sometimes their case, they were in desert places, or on the seas; or when they fell among thieves; or had given all away, as they sometimes did, for the relief of others; or when they were not, as sometimes, taken notice of, and provided for, where they ministered, as they ought to have been.

And are buffeted; not only by Satan, as the apostle was, but by men; scourged, whipped, and beaten by them; scourged in the synagogues by the Jews with forty stripes save one; and beaten with rods by the Romans, and other Gentiles.

And have no certain dwelling place; were in an unsettled state, always moving from one place to another, and had no place they could call their own; like their Lord and master, who had not where to lay his head; and like some of the Old Testament saints, who wandered about in sheep skins and goat skins, in deserts, and in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even unto this present hour - Paul here drops the irony, and begins a serious recapitulation of his actual sufferings and trials. The phrase used here “unto this present hour” denotes that these things had been incessant through all their ministry. They were not merely at the commencement of their work, but they had continued and attended them everywhere. And even then they were experiencing the same thing. These privations and trials were still continued, and were to be regarded as a part of the apostolic condition.

We both hunger and thirst - The apostles, like their master, were poor, and in traveling about from place to place, it often happened that they scarcely found entertainment of the plainest kind, or had money to purchase it. It is no dishonor to be poor, and especially if that poverty is produced by doing good to others. Paul might have been rich, but he chose to be poor for the sake of the gospel. To enjoy the luxury of doing good to others, we ought to be willing to be hungry and thirsty, and to be deprived of our ordinary enjoyments.

And are naked - In traveling; our clothes become old and worn out, and we have no friends to replace them, and no money to purchase new. It is no discredit to be clad in mean raiment, if that is produced by self-denying toils in behalf of others. There is no, honor in gorgeous apparel; but there is real honor in voluntary poverty and want, when produced in the cause of benevolence. Paul was not ashamed to travel, to preach, and to appear before princes and kings, in a soiled and worn-out garment, for it was worn out in the service of his Master, and Divine Providence had arranged the circumstances of his life. But how many a minister now would he ashamed to appear in such clothing! How many professed Christians are ashamed to go to the house of God because they cannot dress well, or be in the fashion, or outshine their neighbors! If an apostle was willing to be meanly clad in delivering the message of God, then assuredly we should be willing to preach, or to worship him in such clothing as he provides. We may add here, what a sublime spectacle was here; and what a glorious triumph of the truth. Here was Paul with an impediment in his speech; with a personage small and mean rather than graceful; and in a mean and tattered dress; and often in chains, yet delivering truth before which kings trembled, and which produced everywhere a deep impression on the human mind. Such was the power of the gospel then! And such triumph did the truth then have over men. See Doddridge.

And are buffeted - Struck with the hand; see the note at Matthew 26:67. Probably it is used here to denote harsh and injurious treatment in general; compare 2 Corinthians 12:7.

And have no certain dwelling-place - No fixed or permanent home. They wandered to distant lands; threw themselves on the hospitality of strangers, and even of the enemies of the gospel; when driven from one place they went to another; and thus they led a wandering, uncertain life, amidst strangers and foes. They who know what are the comforts of home; who are surrounded by beloved families; who have a peaceful and happy fireside; and who enjoy the blessings of domestic tranquility, may be able to appreciate the trials to which the apostles were subjected. All this was for the sake of the gospel; all to purchase the blessings which we so richly enjoy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 4:11. We both hunger and thirst, &c.] Who would then have been an apostle of Christ, even with all its spiritual honours and glories, who had not a soul filled with love both to God and man, and the fullest conviction of the reality of the doctrine he preached, and of that spiritual world in which alone he could expect rest? See the Introduction, sect. vi.

Have no certain dwelling place — We are mere itinerant preachers, and when we set out in the morning know not where, or whether we shall or not, get a night's lodging.


 
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