and openly and secretly did I exhort them, and in secret did

﴿ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارٗا ﴾
[نُوح: 9]

and openly and secretly did I exhort them, and in secret did I share knowledge with a limited number to promote the cause and observe the essential features in order to secure some end

﴿ثم إني أعلنت لهم وأسررت لهم إسرارا﴾ [نُوح: 9]

Dr Kamal Omar
Then surely I, I proclaimed to them in public, and (also) kept it private to them in secrecy

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
Again, I spoke openly to them and confided in them, keeping secret our converse

Dr Munir Munshey
Indeed, I (not only) declared (and conveyed the message) to them in public, (but) I even reasoned with them in private

Edward Henry Palmer
then I published to them and I spoke to them in secret

Farook Malik
appealed them openly in public and secretly in private

George Sale
and I spake to them again in public; and I also secretly admonished them in private

Maududi
and preached to them in public, and also addressed them in secret