The Glory of the New Covenant
2 Corinthians 3:16
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
- KJV
- Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
- WEB
- But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
- ASV
- But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
- LSV
- and whenever they may turn to the LORD, the veil is taken away.
- YLT
- and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.
- DBY
- But when it shall turn to [the] Lord, the veil is taken away.)
- DRC
- But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
- GNV
- Neuertheles when their heart shall be turned to the Lord, the vaile shalbe taken away.
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἐὰν (“ever”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἂν (“ever”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of δὲ: Tyndale House, Textus Receptus: δ᾽.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: δὲ ἐὰν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δὲ ἐὰν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read δὲ ἂν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἡνίκα δὲ ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
- RP2018
- Ἡνίκα δ’ ἂν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἡνίκα δ᾿ ἂν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς Κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
- SCR1894
- ηνικα δ αν επιστρεψη προς κυριον περιαιρειται το καλυμμα
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Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 34:34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,
- Isaiah 25:7On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- John 6:45–46It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me— not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has…
- Romans 11:23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
- Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will…
- Romans 11:25–27I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved,…
- Lamentations 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 30:10if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
- Hosea 3:4–5For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol. Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their…
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