Hebrews 12:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Furthermore,{G1534} {G3303} we had{G2192} the fathers{G3962} of{G4561} our{G2257} flesh{G4561} to chasten{G3810} us, and{G2532} we gave{G1788} them reverence:{G1788} shall we{G5293} not{G3756} much{G4183} rather{G3123} be in subjection unto{G5293} the Father{G3962} of spirits,{G4151} and{G2532} live?{G2198}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Furthermore{G1534}{G3303} we have had{G2192}{(G5707)} fathers{G3962} of our{G2257} flesh{G4561} which corrected{G3810} us, and{G2532} we gave them reverence{G1788}{(G5710)}: shall we{G5293} not{G3756} much{G4183} rather{G3123} be in subjection{G5293}{(G5691)} unto the Father{G3962} of spirits{G4151}, and{G2532} live{G2198}{(G5692)}?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Moreover seynge we had fathers of oure flesshe which corrected vs and we gave them reverence: shuld we not moche rather be in subieccion vnto the father of spretuall gyftes that we myght live?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Morouer seyenge we haue had fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs, & we gaue them reuerence, shulde we not then moch rather be in subieccion vnto ye father of spirituall giftes, yt we mighte lyue?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Moreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: should we not much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, that we might liue?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising `us', and we were reverencing `them'; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

Referenced Verses

  • Num 16:22 : 22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, "O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?"
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them, 19 his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city. 20 They shall say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not listen to us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 This is the Lord’s message concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit within humans, declares this:
  • Eph 6:1-4 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time.
  • Num 27:16 : 16 May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the assembly
  • Isa 38:16 : 16 Lord, by such things people live, and in all of them is the life of my spirit. You restored me to health and let me live.
  • John 3:6 : 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • Acts 2:30 : 30 Being therefore a prophet and knowing that God had sworn an oath to him that He would set one of his descendants on his throne,
  • Rom 1:3 : 3 concerning His Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,
  • Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own people according to the flesh.
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all its offspring, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit would faint before me—the breath of life that I created.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  • Job 12:10 : 10 "In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind."
  • Jas 4:7 : 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I deserve? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 12:10-11
    2 verses
    83%

    10 Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

    11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

  • Heb 12:4-8
    5 verses
    81%

    4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

    5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when you are reproved by Him."

    6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.

    7 If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

    8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

  • Eph 6:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

    5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not be weary of His reproof.

    12 For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Deut 8:5
    73%

    5 Know then in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
    72%

    17 If you call upon the Father, who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, live your lives in reverent fear during the time of your temporary residence here.

  • Deut 21:18
    71%

    18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,

  • Rom 8:12-15
    4 verses
    70%

    12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to it.

    13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

    14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

    15 You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.'

  • 1 Thess 2:11
    69%

    11 Just as you know how we dealt with each one of you like a father with his own children,

  • 1 Cor 11:32
    69%

    32 Nevertheless, when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • Prov 23:13
    69%

    13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Heb 13:17
    69%

    17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

  • Col 3:20-22
    3 verses
    69%

    20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

    21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

    22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

  • Matt 23:9
    69%

    9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

  • 1 Cor 4:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

    15 For even if you have countless teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the gospel.

  • Prov 1:8
    69%

    8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Prov 13:24
    69%

    24 Whoever spares the rod hates their child, but the one who loves their child is diligent to discipline them.

  • Prov 4:1
    69%

    1 Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

  • Gal 4:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 But he is under guardians and managers until the time set by his father.

    3 In the same way, we too, when we were children, were enslaved under the elemental principles of the world.

  • 1 Cor 9:11
    69%

    11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    68%

    14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.

  • Lam 5:7
    68%

    7 Our ancestors sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

  • Jas 3:9
    68%

    9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

  • Prov 19:18
    68%

    18 Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
    68%

    1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.

  • Gal 4:7
    68%

    7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

  • Prov 29:17
    68%

    17 Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Eph 6:9
    68%

    9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way, without threatening them, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

  • 1 Tim 5:1
    68%

    1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

  • 1 Pet 1:14
    68%

    14 As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

  • Heb 2:2
    67%

    2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,

  • Job 5:17
    67%

    17 Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Heb 13:7
    67%

    7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

  • Heb 12:28
    67%

    28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,

  • Eph 6:1
    67%

    1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

  • 1 John 3:1
    67%

    1 See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

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