2 Corinthians 7:10 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

English ASV

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

English Amplified

For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world) is deadly [breeding and ending in death].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world) is deadly [breeding and ending in death].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.

English EASY 2024

People need to become sad in the way that God wants. When they are sad like that, it causes them to turn away from wrong things. Then God saves them from their sins. They will never be sorry about that! But when people become sad in the way that the world wants, it does not help them. They do not turn to God and they die in their spirits.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The kind of sorrow God wants makes people decide to change their lives. This leads them to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

For 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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

In 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.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.

English KJV 1611

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

English LSB

For godly sorrow produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world brings about death.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For 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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For godly sorrow produces a salutary repentance without regret, but worldly sorrow produces death.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Godly sadness causes us to turn away from our sins and be saved. And we are certainly not sorry about that! But worldly sadness brings death.

English NIV

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

English NKJ 1982

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

English NLT

For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

God designed us to feel remorse over sin in order to produce repentance that leads to victory. This leaves us with no regrets. But the sorrow of the world works death.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For God sometimes uses sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek eternal life. We should never regret his sending it. But the sorrow of the man who is not a Christian is not the sorrow of true repentance and does not prevent eternal death.

English Tyndale 1537

For ye sorrowed godly: so that in nothing were ye hurt by us. For godly sorrow causeth repentance unto health,(salvation) not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death.

2 Corinthians 7:10 — Compare Translations