Hebrews 12 - Compare Translations
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Hebrews 12:1
KJVWherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
WEBTherefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
YLTTherefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,
Hebrews 12:2
KJVLooking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
WEBlooking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
YLTlooking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;
Hebrews 12:3
KJVFor consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
WEBFor consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
YLTfor consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.
Hebrews 12:4
KJVYe have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
WEBYou have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;
YLTNot yet unto blood did ye resist -- with the sin striving;
Hebrews 12:5
KJVAnd ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
WEBand you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,
YLTand ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,
Hebrews 12:6
KJVFor whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
WEBFor whom the Lord loves, he chastens,
YLTfor whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'
Hebrews 12:7
KJVIf ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
WEBIt is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?
YLTif chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?
Hebrews 12:8
KJVBut if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
WEBBut if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.
YLTand if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.
Hebrews 12:9
KJVFurthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
WEBFurthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
YLTThen, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising [us], and we were reverencing [them]; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?
Hebrews 12:10
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Hebrews 12:11
KJVNow no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
WEBAll chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
YLTand all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.
Hebrews 12:12
KJVWherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
WEBTherefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
YLTWherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;
Hebrews 12:13
KJVAnd make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
WEBand make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
YLTand straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;
Hebrews 12:14
KJVFollow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
WEBFollow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
YLTpeace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,
Hebrews 12:15
KJVLooking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
WEBlooking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
YLTlooking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;
Hebrews 12:16
KJVLest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
WEBlest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
YLTlest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,
Hebrews 12:17
KJVFor ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
WEBFor you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
YLTfor ye know that also afterwards, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was disapproved of, for a place of reformation he found not, though with tears having sought it.
Hebrews 12:18
KJVFor ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
WEBFor you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
YLTFor ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Hebrews 12:19
KJVAnd the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
WEBthe sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
YLTand a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard did entreat that a word might not be added to them,
Hebrews 12:20
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Hebrews 12:21
KJVAnd so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
WEBand so fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”
YLTand, (so terrible was the sight,) Moses said, `I am fearful exceedingly, and trembling.'
Hebrews 12:22
KJVBut ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
WEBBut you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
YLTBut, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,
Hebrews 12:23
KJVTo the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
WEBto the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
YLTto the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,
Hebrews 12:24
KJVAnd to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
WEBto Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
YLTand to a mediator of a new covenant -- Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!
Hebrews 12:25
KJVSee that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
WEBSee that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
YLTSee, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who [speaketh] from heaven,
Hebrews 12:26
KJVWhose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
WEBwhose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
YLTwhose voice the earth shook then, and now hath he promised, saying, `Yet once -- I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven;'
Hebrews 12:27
KJVAnd this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
WEBThis phrase, “Yet once more”, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
YLTand this -- `Yet once' -- doth make evident the removal of the things shaken, as of things having been made, that the things not shaken may remain;
Hebrews 12:28
KJVWherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
WEBTherefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
YLTwherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;
Hebrews 12:29
KJVFor our God is a consuming fire.
WEBfor our God is a consuming fire.
YLTfor also our God [is] a consuming fire.
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