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1 Corinthians 2:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 8 It is this wisdom that none of the rulers of this system of things* came to know,+ for if they had known it, they would not have executed* the glorious Lord.

1 Corinthians 2:8

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 8 ἣν which οὐδεὶς no one τῶν of the ἀρχόντων rulers τοῦ of the αἰῶνος age τούτου this ἔγνωκεν, has known, εἰ if γὰρ for ἔγνωσαν, they knew, οὐκ not ἂν likely τὸν the κύριον Lord τῆς of the δόξης glory ἐσταύρωσαν· they put on stake;

1 Corinthians 2:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 This [wisdom] not one of the rulers+ of this system of things came to know,+ for if they had known [it] they would not have impaled+ the glorious Lord.

1 Corinthians 2:8

The Bible in Living English
- 8 which no one of this world’s rulers knows,—for if they had known it they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory,—

1 Corinthians 2:8

American Standard Version
- 8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

1 Corinthians 2:8

The Emphasized Bible
- 8 Which none of the rulers of this age had come to know, For had they known, not in that case the Lord of the glory would they have crucified!

1 Corinthians 2:8

King James Version
- 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 2:8
  
  executed: Or “executed (fastened) on a stake.”—See study note on Mt 20:19 and Glossary, “Stake”; “Torture stake.”