2 Corinthians 12:4

How that he was caught vp into Paradise, and heard vnspeakeable wordes, which it is not lawfull for a man to vtter.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
- American Standard Version (1901)

How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.
- Basic English Bible

was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable things said which it is not allowed to man to utter.
- Darby Bible

That he was caught up into paradise, and heard secret words, which it is not granted to man to utter.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
- English Revised Version

how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 12:4

12:4 He was caught up into paradise - The seat of happy spirits in their separate state, between death and the resurrection. Things which it is not possible for man to utter - Human language being incapable of expressing them. Here he anticipated the joyous rest of the righteous that die in the Lord. But this rapture did not precede, but follow after, his being caught up to the third heaven: a strong intimation that he must first discharge his mission, and then enter into glory. And beyond all doubt, such a foretaste of it served to strengthen him in all his after trials, when he could call to mind the very joy that was prepared for him.