Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
But Jerusalem above is free, which is 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.
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.
World English Bible
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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
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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 Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and now stands in the same rank With Jerusalem, and is in a servile condition with her children. 26 But Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all. 27 For it has been written, Be cheered, O barren, bearing not; break out and cry, she travailing not: for many more the children of the desolate than she having a husband.
Cross References
Hebrews 12:22
But ye have come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Revelation 3:12
He conquering, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and without shall he no more come forth: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from heaven from my God: and my new name.
Revelation 21:2
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Psalm 87:3-6
Honored things being spoken in thee, O city of God. Silence.
Song of Songs 8:1-2
Who will give thee as a brother to me, sucking the breasts of my mother? I shall find thee without, I shall kiss thee; also they shall not despise me.
Isaiah 2:2-3
And it was in the last days, the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and lifted up above the hills; and all nations flowed to it
Isaiah 50:1
Thus said Jehovah, Where this writing of cutting off of your mother which I sent her away? or which of my creditors whom I sold you to him? Behold, in your iniquities ye sold yourselves, and in your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Isaiah 52:9
Break forth into joy, shout together, ye wastes of Jerusalem, for Jehovah comforted his people, he redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah 62:1-2
For sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for sake of Jerusalem I will not rest till its justice shall go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a flame shall burn.
Isaiah 65:18
But be ye glad and rejoice even forever, for what I create: for behold me creating Jerusalem a joy, and her people a rejoicing.
Isaiah 66:10
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad in her, all ye loving her: rejoice with her from joy, all ye mourning over her:
Hosea 2:2
Contend with your mother, contend ye, for she is not my wife, and I not her husband: for she shall put away her fornications from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Hosea 2:5
For their mother committed fornication: she conceiving them acted shamefully: for she said, I will go after those loving me giving me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, mine oil and my drinks.
Hosea 4:5
And thou wert weak in the day, and the prophet also was weak with thee by night, and I destroyed thy mother.
Joel 3:17
And ye knew that I am Jehovah your God dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: and Jerusalem was holy, and strangers shall no more pass through her.
Micah 4:1-2
And it was in the last of the days the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and it was lifted up above the hills, and peoples flowed to it.
John 8:36
If the Son make you free, ye shall be truly free.
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not rule over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.
Romans 6:18
And freed from sin, ye were subdued to justice.
Galatians 4:22
For it has been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid, and one by the free.
Galatians 5:1
Therefore in the liberty which Christ has freed us, stand ye, and be not again held in the yoke of servitude.
Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in the heavens; from whence we also expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Revelation 17:5
And upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 21:10-27
And he brought me away in the spirit upon a mountain great and high, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
1 Peter 2:16
As free, and as not having liberty for a covering of wickedness, but as the servants of God.