Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
New American Standard Bible
Therefore,
King James Version
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Holman Bible
Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,
International Standard Version
Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,
A Conservative Version
Therefore lift up the drooping hands, and the feeble knees,
Amplified
So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble.
An Understandable Version
Therefore, [Prov. 4:26 says], "Strengthen your limp hands and weak knees;
Anderson New Testament
Wherefore, lift up the hands that hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees,
Bible in Basic English
For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,
Common New Testament
Therefore lift your feeble hands and strengthen your weak knees,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Wherefore "strengthen your weak hands and your feeble knees.
Darby Translation
Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;
Godbey New Testament
Therefore hold up the hands which hang down, and the paralyzed knees,
Goodspeed New Testament
So tighten your loosening hold! Stiffen your wavering stand!
John Wesley New Testament
Wherefore Lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees:
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore set upright the relaxed hands, and palsied knees;
King James 2000
Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,
Modern King James verseion
Because of this, straighten up the hands which hang down and the enfeebled knees.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Stretch forth therefore again the hands which were let down, and the weak knees,
Moffatt New Testament
So up with your listless hands! Strengthen your weak knees!
Montgomery New Testament
Wherefore lift up your listless hands, strengthen your feeble knees;
NET Bible
Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,
New Heart English Bible
Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
Noyes New Testament
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Sawyer New Testament
Wherefore hold up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees,
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, the slackened hands and paralysed knees, restore ye,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wherefore stretch out again the hands that hang down, and the paralytic knees;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore 'lift again the down-dropped hands and straighten the weakened knees;
Webster
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore strengthen the drooping hands and paralysed knees,
Williams New Testament
So tighten the grip of your slipping hands; stiffen the stand of your knocking knees;
World English Bible
Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
Worrell New Testament
Wherefore, lift up the relaxed hands and the feeble knees,
Worsley New Testament
Lift up therefore the hands that hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.
Youngs Literal Translation
Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 12:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Serious Warning Against Refusing God
11 All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees; 13 and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.
Cross References
Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Job 4:3-4
Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
Ezekiel 7:17
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
Ezekiel 21:7
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Daniel 5:6
Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Nahum 2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
Hebrews 12:5
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;