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Hagar and Sarah

Galatians 4:25

In 9 translations

BSB
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
KJV
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
WEB
For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.
ASV
Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.
LSV
for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
YLT
for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
DBY
For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which [is] now, for she is in bondage with her children;
DRC
For Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to that Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
GNV
(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read δὲ (“Now”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γὰρ (“for”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read γὰρ (“for”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δὲ (“now”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
  • Spelling of Ἁγὰρ: Tyndale House: Ἄγαρ.
  • Spelling of Σινᾶ: Tyndale House: Σεινᾶ.
  • Spelling of συστοιχεῖ: Westcott–Hort: συνστοιχεῖ.
  • Spelling of Ἰερουσαλήμ: Tyndale House: Ἱερουσαλήμ.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont, Tregelles read γὰρ.
  • SBLGNT: γὰρ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γὰρ; Robinson–Pierpont read δὲ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τὸ δὲ Ἁγὰρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἰερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει γὰρ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς·
RP2018
Τὸ γὰρ Ἅγαρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἱερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει δὲ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.
TR-Boyd
Τὸ γὰρ Ἅγαρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἱερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει δὲ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.
SCR1894
το γαρ αγαρ σινα ορος εστιν εν τη αραβια συστοιχει δε τη νυν ιερουσαλημ δουλευει δε μετα των τεκνων αυτης

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  • Galatians 1:17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
  • Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  • Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
  • Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  • Psalms 68:8the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
  • Acts 1:11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
  • Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
  • Judges 5:5The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
  • Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
  • Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

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