The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 ideoque et nos tantam habentes inpositam nubem testium deponentes omne pondus et circumstans nos peccatum per patientiam curramus propositum nobis certamen
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Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 aspicientes in auctorem fidei et consummatorem Iesum qui pro proposito sibi gaudio sustinuit crucem confusione contempta atque in dextera sedis Dei sedit
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looking 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 has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 recogitate enim eum qui talem sustinuit a peccatoribus adversum semet ipsos contradictionem ut ne fatigemini animis vestris deficientes
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For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.
4 nondum usque ad sanguinem restitistis adversus peccatum repugnantes
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You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.
5 et obliti estis consolationis quae vobis tamquam filiis loquitur dicens fili mi noli neglegere disciplinam Domini neque fatigeris dum ab eo argueris
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And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
6 quem enim diligit Dominus castigat flagellat autem omnem filium quem recipit
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For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives."
7 in disciplina perseverate tamquam filiis vobis offert Deus quis enim filius quem non corripit pater
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If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?
8 quod si extra disciplinam estis cuius participes facti sunt omnes ergo adulteri et non filii estis
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But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
9 deinde patres quidem carnis nostrae habuimus eruditores et reverebamur non multo magis obtemperabimus Patri spirituum et vivemus
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Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
10 et illi quidem in tempore paucorum dierum secundum voluntatem suam erudiebant nos hic autem ad id quod utile est in recipiendo sanctificationem eius
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For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.
11 omnis autem disciplina in praesenti quidem videtur non esse gaudii sed maeroris postea autem fructum pacatissimum exercitatis per eam reddit iustitiae
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Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
12 propter quod remissas manus et soluta genua erigite
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Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,
13 et gressus rectos facite pedibus vestris ut non claudicans erret magis autem sanetur
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and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
14 pacem sequimini cum omnibus et sanctimoniam sine qua nemo videbit Dominum
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Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
15 contemplantes ne quis desit gratiae Dei ne qua radix amaritudinis sursum germinans inpediat et per illam inquinentur multi
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looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
16 ne quis fornicator aut profanus ut Esau qui propter unam escam vendidit primitiva sua
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lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
17 scitote enim quoniam et postea cupiens hereditare benedictionem reprobatus est non enim invenit paenitentiae locum quamquam cum lacrimis inquisisset eam
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For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
18 non enim accessistis ad tractabilem et accensibilem ignem et turbinem et caliginem et procellam
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For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,
19 et tubae sonum et vocem verborum quam qui audierunt excusaverunt se ne eis fieret verbum
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and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.
20 non enim portabant quod dicebatur et si bestia tetigerit montem lapidabitur
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(For they could not endure what was commanded: "And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow."
21 et ita terribile erat quod videbatur Moses dixit exterritus sum et tremebundus
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And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.")
22 sed accessistis ad Sion montem et civitatem Dei viventis Hierusalem caelestem et multorum milium angelorum frequentiae
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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
23 et ecclesiam primitivorum qui conscripti sunt in caelis et iudicem omnium Deum et spiritus iustorum perfectorum
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to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 et testamenti novi mediatorem Iesum et sanguinis sparsionem melius loquentem quam Abel
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to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
25 videte ne recusetis loquentem si enim illi non effugerunt recusantes eum qui super terram loquebatur multo magis nos qui de caelis loquentem nobis avertimur
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See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,
26 cuius vox movit terram tunc modo autem repromittit dicens adhuc semel ego movebo non solum terram sed et caelum
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whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."
27 quod autem adhuc semel dicit declarat mobilium translationem tamquam factorum ut maneant ea quae sunt inmobilia
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Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 itaque regnum inmobile suscipientes habemus gratiam per quam serviamus placentes Deo cum metu et reverentia
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Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
29 etenim Deus noster ignis consumens est
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For our God is a consuming fire.
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