Hebrews 5:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

By this time you ought to be teachers, but instead you need someone to teach you again the elementary truths of God's word, and you need milk, not solid food.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God; you have come to need milk and not solid food.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For {G1063} when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For when as cocerninge ye tyme ye ought to be teachers yet have ye nede agayne that we teache you the fyrst principles of the worde of god: and are become soche as have nede of mylke and not of stronge meate:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For where as concernynge the tyme ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede agayne, yt we teach you the first preceptes of the worde of God: and are become soch as haue nede of mylke, and not stronge meate.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For when as concerning ye time ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye neede againe that we teach you what are the first principles of the worde of God: and are become such as haue neede of milke, and not of strong meate.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For when as concernyng the tyme, ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God, and are become such as haue nede of mylke, and not of strong meate.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what `are' the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 6:1 : 1 Therefore, leaving behind the elementary teachings about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow in your salvation,
  • Heb 5:13 : 13 For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is still an infant.
  • 1 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people but as those who are worldly, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, because you were not able to receive it. Even now, you are still not able. 3 For you are still worldly. Since there is jealousy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and living like mere humans?
  • Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Who is He trying to teach knowledge to? Who is He explaining His message to? To those just weaned from milk, those just taken from the breast? 10 For it is: command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there.
  • Acts 7:38 : 38 This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; he received living words to pass on to us.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
  • Titus 2:3-4 : 3 Likewise, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things. 4 They are to encourage the young women to love their husbands and children,
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Cor 14:19 : 19 But in the church, I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
  • Phil 3:1 : 1 Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is not troublesome for me, but it is safe for you.
  • 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone inquiring of God. Such was all of Ahithophel’s advice to both David and Absalom.
  • Ezra 7:10 : 10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, to observe it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Young lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
  • Isa 55:1 : 1 Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Jesus answered, 'O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.'
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 Jesus replied, 'O unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.'
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much in every way! First of all, they were entrusted with the very words of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Heb 5:13-14
    2 verses
    85%

    13For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is still an infant.

    14But solid food is for the mature, those who through practice have trained their senses to discern good from evil.

  • Heb 5:11
    81%

    11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you have become dull in hearing.

  • 1 Cor 3:1-4
    4 verses
    81%

    1And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people but as those who are worldly, as infants in Christ.

    2I fed you with milk, not solid food, because you were not able to receive it. Even now, you are still not able.

    3For you are still worldly. Since there is jealousy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and living like mere humans?

    4For when someone says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not acting like mere humans?

  • 1 Pet 2:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and every kind of slander.

    2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow in your salvation,

    3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

  • Isa 28:9
    75%

    9Who is He trying to teach knowledge to? Who is He explaining His message to? To those just weaned from milk, those just taken from the breast?

  • 1 Tim 4:6
    73%

    6If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

  • Heb 6:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Therefore, leaving behind the elementary teachings about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

    2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

  • 1 Cor 14:20
    72%

    20Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in regard to evil, but in your thinking be mature.

  • Gal 4:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9But now, having come to know God—or rather, having been known by God—how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more?

    10You observe days and months and seasons and years!

  • Rom 2:20
    71%

    20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the form of knowledge and truth—

  • Heb 12:5
    71%

    5And 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."

  • 2 Pet 1:12
    70%

    12Therefore, I will always remind you about these things, even though you already know them and are established in the truth you now have.

  • Heb 6:4-6
    3 verses
    70%

    4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

    5and who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age,

    6if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace.

  • Eph 4:14
    70%

    14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.

  • Heb 13:9
    69%

    9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by God’s grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which have not benefited those who have followed them.

  • 1 Cor 4:15
    69%

    15For 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.

  • 2 Tim 3:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14But you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you have learned it.

    15And from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Eph 4:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20But that is not the way you learned Christ,

    21if indeed you have heard him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 13:11
    68%

    11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

  • 1 Tim 1:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6Some have departed from these and turned aside to meaningless talk.

    7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or what they so confidently affirm.

  • 2 Pet 1:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9But whoever lacks these qualities is blind and short-sighted, forgetful of the cleansing of their former sins.

  • Heb 2:1
    67%

    1Therefore, we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away.

  • 2 Tim 3:7
    67%

    7Always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  • Gal 4:3
    67%

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

  • 2 Pet 3:17
    67%

    17Therefore, beloved, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own steadfastness.

  • 2 Pet 2:20
    66%

    20For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

  • 1 Thess 5:1
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    1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you.

  • 2 Tim 4:3
    66%

    3For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they will gather teachers for themselves to satisfy their itching ears.

  • 2 Tim 2:15
    66%

    15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
    66%

    15Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    66%

    11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.

    12Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

  • 1 Thess 5:12
    66%

    12Now we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord, and who instruct you.

  • Heb 12:8
    66%

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

  • 1 Thess 2:7
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    7Although we could have asserted our authority as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her own children.

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