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NASB					2 Cor 12:7 Because of the surpassing⁵²³⁶ greatness⁵²³⁶ of the ^Arevelations⁶⁰², for this¹³⁵² reason¹³⁵², to keep³³⁶¹ me from exalting⁵²²⁹ myself, there was given¹³²⁵ me a ^Bthorn⁴⁶⁴⁷ in the flesh⁴⁵⁶¹, a ^Cmessenger^32a of Satan⁴⁵⁶⁷ to ¹torment²⁸⁵² me--to keep³³⁶¹ me from exalting⁵²²⁹ myself!
AMPLIFIED 2015					2 Cor 12:7 Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me--to keep me from exalting myself! [Job 2:6]

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2 Cor 12:1 Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Num 33:55 'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.

Job 2:6 So the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life."

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32a

aggelos; a prim. word; a messenger, angel:--angel(86), angel's(2), angelic(1), angels(80), messenger(4), messengers(3).

602

apokalupsis; from 601; an uncovering:--revealed(1), revealing(1), revelation(14), revelations(2).

1325

didômi; redupl. from the root do-; to give (in various senses lit. or fig.):--add(1), allow(2), bestowed(4), cause(2), commanded*(1), dealing(1), drew(1), gave(79), give(122), given(117), gives(14), giving(12), grant(15), granted(10), granting(2), leave(1), make(1), offer(2), pass(1), pay(5), permitted(1), pour(1), poured(1), produce(1), produces(1), producing(1), put(6), puts(1), putting(1), show(1), struck*(1), utter(1), venture*(1), yielded(3).

1352

dio; from 1223 and 3739; wherefore, on which account:--reason(1), so then(1), therefore(43), this reason(6), wherefore(1), why(1).

2852

kolaphizô; from kolaphos (a blow with the fist); to strike with the fist:--beat...with their fists(2), harshly treated(1), roughly treated(1), torment(1).

3361

mê; a prim. particle; not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation):--all*(1), cannot(1), cannot*(6), case(1), certainly*(1), devoid*(1), ever*(3), except(2), fear*(2), inevitable*(1), keep(2), kept(1), lacks*(1), make(1), never(17), never*(16), no(67), no one(1), no*(11), none(2), none*(2), nothing(2), nothing*(3), only*(11), or(4), otherwise*(3), refrain(1), so(2), so that no(1), so*(12), stop(8), surely(4), than*(2), unable*(4), unless*(38), until*(1), without(6), without*(4).

4561

sarx; a prim. word; flesh:--bodily(1), bodily condition(1), body(2), earth(1), earthly(1), fellow countrymen(1), flesh(129), fleshly(4), life(3), man(1), mankind(1), nation(1), personally(1).

4567

Satanas; of Heb. or. [7854]; the adversary, Satan, i.e. the devil:--Satan(35), Satan's(1).

4647

skolops; a prim. word; anything pointed, spec. a stake, thorn:--thorn(1).

5229

huperairô; from 5228 and 142; to lift or raise over, mid. to uplift oneself:--exalting(2), exalts(1).

5236

huperbolê; from 5235; a throwing beyond, excess, superiority:--all comparison(1), beyond*(1), excessively*(1), far...all comparison(1), measure(1), more excellent(1), surpassing greatness(2), utterly(1).

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