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Jesus Our Apostle and High Priest

Hebrews 3:4

In 9 translations

BSB
And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
KJV
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
WEB
For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.
ASV
For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.
LSV
For every house is built by someone, and He who built all things [is] God,
YLT
for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build [is] God,
DBY
For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things [is] God.Elohim
DRC
For every house is built by some man: but he that created all things, is God.
GNV
For euery house is builded of some man, and he that hath built all things, is God.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὰ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος, ὁ δὲ πάντα κατασκευάσας θεός.
RP2018
Πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος· ὁ δὲ τὰ πάντα κατασκευάσας θεός.
TR-Boyd
Πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος· ὁ δὲ τὰ πάντα κατασκευάσας Θεός.
SCR1894
πας γαρ οικος κατασκευαζεται υπο τινος ο δε τα παντα κατασκευασας θεος

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 1:2But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
  • Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
  • Esther 2:10Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
  • Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”

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