A Call to Maturity
Hebrews 6:8
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
- KJV
- But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
- WEB
- but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
- ASV
- but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.
- LSV
- but that which is bearing thorns and briers [is] disapproved of, and near to cursing, whose end [is] for burning;
- YLT
- and that which is bearing thorns and briers [is] disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end [is] for burning;
- DBY
- but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end [is] to be burned.
- DRC
- But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers, is reprobate, and very near unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt.
- GNV
- But that which beareth thornes and briars, is reproued, and is neere vnto cursing, whose end is to be burned.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐκφέρουσα δὲ ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους ἀδόκιμος καὶ κατάρας ἐγγύς, ἧς τὸ τέλος εἰς καῦσιν.
- RP2018
- ἐκφέρουσα δὲ ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους, ἀδόκιμος καὶ κατάρας ἐγγύς, ἧς τὸ τέλος εἰς καῦσιν.
- TR-Boyd
- ἐκφέρουσα δὲ ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους, ἀδόκιμος καὶ κατάρας ἐγγύς, ἧς τὸ τέλος εἰς καῦσιν.
- SCR1894
- εκφερουσα δε ακανθας και τριβολους αδοκιμος και καταρας εγγυς ης το τελος εις καυσιν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Genesis 3:17–18And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the…
- Luke 13:7–9So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ ‘Sir,’ the man…
- Deuteronomy 29:28The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
- Isaiah 5:1–7I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a…
- Jeremiah 44:22So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
- Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
- Hebrews 12:17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
- Ezekiel 20:47Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be…
- Deuteronomy 29:22–23Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it. All its soil will be a burning…
- Revelation 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
- Ezekiel 15:2–7“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? No, it is…
- Job 31:40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
- Mark 11:21Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
- Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be…
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