Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 2:7
American Standard Version
but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, `even' the `wisdom' that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
Amplified® Bible
But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God--[that wisdom] which God devised {and} decreed before the ages for our glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence].
Contemporary English Version
We speak of God's hidden and mysterious wisdom that God decided to use for our glory long before the world began.
Darby English Version
But we speak God's wisdom in [a] mystery, that hidden [wisdom] which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:
Good News Bible
The wisdom I proclaim is God's secret wisdom, which is hidden from human beings, but which he had already chosen for our glory even before the world was made.
International Standard Version
Instead, we speak about God's secret wisdom that has been hidden, which God destined for our glory before the world began.
King James Version
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
New American Standard Bible
but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden {wisdom} which God predestined before the ages to our glory;
New International Version
No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.
New King James Version
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;
Young's Literal Translation
but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,