Parallel Verses
World English Bible
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Holman Bible
But the Jerusalem above
International Standard Version
But the heavenly Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our spiritual mother.
A Conservative Version
But the Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all.
American Standard Version
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.
Amplified
But the Jerusalem above [that is, the way of faith, represented by Sarah] is free; she is our mother.
An Understandable Version
But the heavenly Jerusalem [Heb. 12:22] consists of free people, and is the mother of us [Christians].
Anderson New Testament
But Jerusalem which is above is free; and she is the mother of us all.
Bible in Basic English
But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.
Common New Testament
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but the heavenly Jerusalem is represented by the free-woman, who is the mother of us all.
Darby Translation
but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.
Goodspeed New Testament
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
John Wesley New Testament
But Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Julia Smith Translation
But Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all.
King James 2000
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.
Modern King James verseion
But the Jerusalem from above is free, who is the mother of us all.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is the mother of us all.
Moffatt New Testament
But the Jerusalem on high is free, and she is 'our' mother.
Montgomery New Testament
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
NET Bible
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
New Heart English Bible
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Noyes New Testament
but the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Sawyer New Testament
But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us;
The Emphasized Bible
But, the Jerusalem above, is free, - the which is our mother;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she it is who is our mother.
Webster
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Weymouth New Testament
But the Jerusalem which is above is free, and *she* is *our* mother.
Williams New Testament
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Worrell New Testament
But the Jerusalem which is above is free, which, indeed, is our mother;
Worsley New Testament
But the Jerusalem above is represented by the free-woman, which is the mother of us all.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,
Themes
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Church of israel » A type of the church of Christ
Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church
Titles and names of the church » Heavenly of jerusalem
Woman » Illustrative » (gloriously arrayed,) of the church of Christ
Topics
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 36 Translations in Galatians 4:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hagar And Sarah Represent Two Covenants
25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
Cross References
Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
Revelation 3:12
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
Psalm 87:3-6
Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
Song of Songs 8:1-2
Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
Isaiah 2:2-3
It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
Isaiah 50:1
Thus says Yahweh, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
Isaiah 52:9
Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah 62:1-2
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
Isaiah 65:18
But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Isaiah 66:10
"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
Hosea 2:2
Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Hosea 2:5
For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.'
Hosea 4:5
You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
Joel 3:17
"So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.
Micah 4:1-2
But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh's temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it.
John 8:36
If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
Romans 6:14
For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
Romans 6:18
Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
Galatians 4:22
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.
Galatians 5:1
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
Revelation 17:5
And on her forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
Revelation 21:10-27
He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
1 Peter 2:16
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.