2 Corinthians 11:27

Simplified Cowboy Version

I have ridden the rough string and the rough trails. Most of the time I got little sleep. Many times I had no food or water. I've been in bad cold weather without a coat.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.

King James Version (1611)
In wearinesse and painfulnesse, in watchings often, in hunger & thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakednes.

King James Version
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

English Standard Version
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

New American Standard Bible
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

New Century Version
I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty, and many times I have been without food. I have been cold and without clothes.

Amplified Bible
in labor and hardship, often unable to sleep, in hunger and thirst, often [driven to] fasting [for lack of food], in cold and exposure [without adequate clothing].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

Legacy Standard Bible
I have been in labor and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in starvation and thirst, often hungry, in cold and without enough clothing.

Berean Standard Bible
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Contemporary English Version
I have worked and struggled and spent many sleepless nights. I have gone hungry and thirsty and often had nothing to eat. I have been cold from not having enough clothes to keep me warm.

Complete Jewish Bible
I have toiled and endured hardship, often not had enough sleep, been hungry and thirsty, frequently gone without food, been cold and naked.

Darby Translation
in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

Easy-to-Read Version
I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty. Many times I have been without food. I have been cold and without clothes.

Geneva Bible (1587)
In wearinesse and painefulnesse, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in colde and in nakednesse.

George Lamsa Translation
In toil and weariness, in sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, through much fasting, in cold and nakedness.

Good News Translation
There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.

Lexham English Bible
with toil and hardship, often in sleepless nights, with hunger and thirst, often going hungry, in cold and poorly clothed.

Literal Translation
in hardship and toil, often in watchings, in hunger and thirst, often in fastings, in cold and nakedness,

American Standard Version
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

Bible in Basic English
In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.

Hebrew Names Version
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

International Standard Version
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, through many periods of fasting, through coldness and nakedness.Acts 20:31; 1 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 6:5;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
in labour and weariness, in much watching, in hunger and thirst, in much fasting, in cold and in nakedness;

Murdock Translation
In toil and weariness, in much watching, in hunger and thirst, in much fasting, in cold and nakedness:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
In labour & trauayle, in watchinges often, in hunger and thirst, in fastinges often, in colde and nakednesse,

English Revised Version
[in] labour and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

World English Bible
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
In labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

Weymouth's New Testament
with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in many wakyngis, in hungur, in thirst, in many fastyngis, in coold and nakidnesse.

Update Bible Version
[in] labor and travail, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fasts often, in cold and nakedness.

Webster's Bible Translation
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

New English Translation
in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

New King James Version
in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness--

New Living Translation
I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.

New Life Bible
I have worked hard and have been tired and have had pain. I have gone many times without sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty. I have gone without food and clothes. I have been out in the cold.

New Revised Standard
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
in toil and hardship, in watchings, oft, in hunger and thirst, in fasting, oft, in cold and nakedness: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness:

Revised Standard Version
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
in laboure and travayle in watchynge often in honger in thirst in fastynges often in colde and in nakednes.

Young's Literal Translation
in laboriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times, in hunger and thirst, in fastings many times, in cold and nakedness;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
in laboure & trauayle, in moch watchinges, in honger and thyrst, in moch fastinges in colde and nakednesse:

Mace New Testament (1729)
expos'd to toil, to fatigue, to frequent watchings, to hunger and thirst, to frequent fastings, to cold and penury.

Contextual Overview

²²They say they are Hebrew? Me too! They say they are Israelites? Me too! They are descendants of Abraham? Me too! ²³Do they ride for the brand? Even talking like this to make a point makes me throw up a little bit, but I've ridden for Jesus much longer and much harder than they have. I've been thrown in jail, bullwhipped more times than I can count, and faced death time and time again. ²⁴Five different times, the Jews have given me the maximum punishment of thirty-nine lashes with a stock whip. ²⁵Three times I was beaten with axe handles. Once, they hurled big rocks down on me until they thought I was dead. Three different times I have survived ship wrecks and once spent an entire night and day drifting on a piece of wood at sea. ²⁶I've taken the outside in this gathering and rode at a long trot on many perilous journeys. I've faced raging rivers and bloodthirsty bandits. I've had showdowns in the street with my own people, the Jews, as well as from the outsider Gentiles. I've ridden through hell in cities, deserts, and even on the open sea. I've gone toe to toe with cowboys who pretended to ride for the brand, but really were trying to get close enough to stab me in the back. ²⁷I have ridden the rough string and the rough trails. Most of the time I got little sleep. Many times I had no food or water. I've been in bad cold weather without a coat. ²⁸And of all the problems I have, the main one is how much I care about all the outfits. I worry about these crews of believers every single day. ²⁹I feel the desperation when someone reaches the end of their rope. It kills me every time a cowboy rides back to a life of sin. ³⁰But if I'm going to brag, it's going to be about the things I am weak at. ³¹God knows I'm telling the truth. He's Jesus's daddy and the only one worthy of praise.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

weariness: 2 Corinthians 11:23, 2 Corinthians 6:5, Acts 20:5-11, Acts 20:34, Acts 20:35, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8

in watchings: Acts 20:31

in hunger: Jeremiah 38:9, 1 Corinthians 4:11, 1 Corinthians 4:12, Philippians 4:12

fastings: 2 Corinthians 6:5, Acts 13:2, Acts 13:3, Acts 14:23, 1 Corinthians 7:5

nakedness: Romans 8:35, Romans 8:36, Hebrews 11:37, James 2:15, James 2:16

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:42 - disdained 1 Kings 13:14 - sitting 1 Kings 17:10 - Fetch me Psalms 109:24 - knees Matthew 6:16 - when Matthew 9:15 - and then Matthew 11:8 - A man Matthew 17:21 - but Mark 2:20 - and Mark 9:29 - fasting Luke 5:35 - and Luke 6:21 - ye that hunger Luke 16:21 - desiring Acts 28:2 - because 1 Corinthians 9:27 - I keep 2 Corinthians 6:4 - necessities Philippians 4:11 - in respect 2 Timothy 4:13 - cloak

Cross-References

2 Peter 2:7
Lot lived there, but was rescued because he didn't like what was going on around him and didn't conduct his business in the same way those heathens did.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In weariness and painfulness,.... Through long journeys and frequent preaching; or "in labour and trouble"; or in troublesome labour, for all labour is not so; as hunting, hawking, c. though laborious, yet delightful but the labours of the apostle were painful and troublesome to the flesh, though he had much inward spiritual delight and pleasure in them:

in watchings often; being sometimes engaged at midnight, either in preaching, or praying, or staging psalms, and sometimes obliged to work early and late with his own hands to supply his necessities:

in hunger and thirst; as when at sea, or in wilderness places, or where no notice was taken of him for preaching the Gospel; he doing that freely without asking the assistance of any, which in some places would have been prejudicial to his designs, and the spread of the Gospel:

in fastings often; voluntary ones, which he engaged in, not as meritorious works, but to keep under his body, and as proper to attend the work of prayer at certain times:

in cold and nakedness; when travelling in the winter season, and but poorly clothed to keep him from the inclemencies of the weather; and having no certain dwelling place to retire unto and abide in, during any severe season there might be, and wanting the comforts of life to support him under such inconveniences.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In weariness - Resulting from traveling, exposure, labor, and want. The word κόπος kopos (from κόπτω koptō, “to beat, to cut”) means, properly, “wailing and grief,” accompanied with beating the breast. Hence, the word means “toil, labor, wearisome effort.”

And painfulness - This word (μόχθος mochthos) is a stronger term than the former. It implies painful effort; labor producing sorrow, and in the New Testament is uniformly connected with the word rendered “weariness” (1 Thess, 2 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8), rendered in both those places “travail.”

In watchings often - In loss of sleep, arising from abundant toils and from danger; see the note on 2 Corinthians 6:5.

In hunger and thirst - From traveling among strangers, and being dependent on them and on his own personal labors; see the note, 1 Corinthians 4:11.

In fastings often - Either voluntary or involuntary; see the note on 2 Corinthians 6:5.

In cold and nakedness - see the note, 1 Corinthians 4:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. In weariness and painfulness — Tribulations of this kind were his constant companions. Lord Lyttleton and others have made useful reflections on this verse: "How hard was it for a man of a genteel and liberal education, as St. Paul was, to bear such rigours, and to wander about like a vagabond, hungry and almost naked, yet coming into the presence of persons of high life, and speaking in large and various assemblies on matters of the utmost importance!" Had not St. Paul been deeply convinced of the truth and absolute certainty of the Christian religion, he could not have continued to expose himself to such hardships.