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An Unshakable Kingdom

Hebrews 12:29

In 9 translations

BSB
“For our God is a consuming fire.”Deuteronomy 4:24
KJV
For our God is a consuming fire.
WEB
for our God is a consuming fire.
ASV
for our God is a consuming fire.
LSV
for our God [is] also a consuming fire.
YLT
for also our God [is] a consuming fire.
DBY
For also our God [is] a consuming fire.Elohim
DRC
For our God is a consuming fire.
GNV
For euen our God is a consuming fire.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν πῦρ καταναλίσκον.
RP2018
καὶ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν πῦρ καταναλίσκον.
TR-Boyd
καὶ γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πῦρ καταναλίσκον.
SCR1894
και γαρ ο θεος ημων πυρ καταναλισκον

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 4:24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
  • Deuteronomy 9:3But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has…
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
  • Isaiah 66:15For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
  • Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
  • Daniel 7:9As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels…
  • Psalms 97:3Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
  • Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
  • Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
  • Numbers 11:1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

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