New International VersionGodly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
New Living TranslationFor the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
English Standard VersionFor godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
Berean Standard BibleGodly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Berean Literal BibleFor grief according to God produces repentance to salvation without regret; but the world's grief produces death.
King James BibleFor godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
New King James VersionFor godly sorrow produces repentance
leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
New American Standard BibleFor the sorrow that is according to
the will of God produces a repentance without regret,
leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
NASB 1995For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
NASB 1977For the sorrow that is according to
the will of God produces a repentance without regret,
leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
Legacy Standard BibleFor godly sorrow produces a repentance without regret,
leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world brings about death.
Amplified BibleFor [godly] sorrow that is in accord with
the will of God produces a repentance without regret,
leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.
Christian Standard BibleFor godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.
Holman Christian Standard BibleFor godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.
American Standard VersionFor godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Contemporary English VersionWhen God makes you feel sorry enough to turn to him and be saved, you don't have anything to feel bad about. But when this world makes you feel sorry, it can cause your death.
English Revised VersionFor godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationIn fact, to be distressed in a godly way causes people to change the way they think and act and leads them to be saved. No one can regret that. But the distress that the world causes brings only death.
Good News TranslationFor the sadness that is used by God brings a change of heart that leads to salvation--and there is no regret in that! But sadness that is merely human causes death.
International Standard VersionFor having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
NET BibleFor sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
New Heart English BibleFor godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
Webster's Bible TranslationFor godly sorrow worketh penitence to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Weymouth New TestamentFor godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, a repentance not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world finally produces death.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard BibleGodly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
World English BibleFor godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Versionfor sorrow toward God works conversion to salvation without regret, and the sorrow of the world works death,
Berean Literal BibleFor grief according to God produces repentance to salvation without regret; but the world's grief produces death.
Young's Literal Translation for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,
Smith's Literal TranslationFor grief according to God works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but grief of the world works death.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims BibleFor the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Catholic Public Domain VersionFor the sorrow that is according to God accomplishes a repentance which is steadfast unto salvation. But the sorrow that is of the world accomplishes death.
New American BibleFor godly sorrow produces a salutary repentance without regret, but worldly sorrow produces death.
New Revised Standard VersionFor godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleFor sorrow over the things of God causes enduring repentance of the soul, and brings one to life: but sorrow over the things of the world causes death.
Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishFor grief that is for God's sake produces a remorse of the soul which does not reverse itself and restores to life, but the grief of the world produces death.
NT Translations
Anderson New TestamentFor godly sorrow works repentance not to be regretted, which leads to salvation: but the sorrow of the world works death.
Godbey New TestamentFor a godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world works out death.
Haweis New TestamentFor sorrow of a godly sort worketh repentance unto salvation never to be repented of, but worldly sorrow worketh death.
Mace New Testamentfor religious sorrow produces that salutary repentance, which we never regret: but worldly sorrow preys upon life.
Weymouth New TestamentFor godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, a repentance not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world finally produces death.
Worrell New TestamentFor godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world works death.
Worsley New TestamentFor godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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