2 Corinthians 7:8 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret `it' (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
For though my letter gave you pain, I have no regret for it now, though I had before; for I see that the letter gave you pain, but only for a time.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
For if also I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret [it], if even I have regretted it; for I see that that letter, if even [it were] only for a time, grieved you.
World English Bible (WEB)
For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent -- if even I did repent -- for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.
| For | ὅτι | hoti | OH-tee |
| though | εἰ | ei | ee |
| καὶ | kai | kay | |
| I made you | ἐλύπησα | elypēsa | ay-LYOO-pay-sa |
| sorry | ὑμᾶς | hymas | yoo-MAHS |
| with | ἐν | en | ane |
a | τῇ | tē | tay |
| letter, | ἐπιστολῇ | epistolē | ay-pee-stoh-LAY |
| I do not | οὐ | ou | oo |
| repent, | μεταμέλομαι· | metamelomai | may-ta-MAY-loh-may |
| though | εἰ | ei | ee |
| καὶ | kai | kay | |
| repent: did I | μετεμελόμην | metemelomēn | may-tay-may-LOH-mane |
| for | βλέπω | blepō | VLAY-poh |
| I perceive | γὰρ | gar | gahr |
| that | ὅτι | hoti | OH-tee |
| the | ἡ | hē | ay |
| same | ἐπιστολὴ | epistolē | ay-pee-stoh-LAY |
| made hath epistle | ἐκείνη | ekeinē | ake-EE-nay |
| you | εἰ | ei | ee |
| sorry, | καὶ | kai | kay |
| though | πρὸς | pros | prose |
| but were it | ὥραν | hōran | OH-rahn |
| for | ἐλύπησεν | elypēsen | ay-LYOO-pay-sane |
| a season. | ὑμᾶς | hymas | yoo-MAHS |