2 Corinthians 7:10 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Godly sadness produces a changed heart and life that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets, but sorrow under the influence of the world produces death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For the sorrow that is according to God accomplishes a repentance which is steadfast unto salvation. But the sorrow that is of the world accomplishes death.