Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is the mother of us all.

New American Standard Bible

But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.

King James Version

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Holman Bible

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

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.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

Ἱερουσαλήμ 
Hierousalem 
Usage: 67

which is

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

ἄνω 
Ano 
above, up, high, brim
Usage: 8

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585
Usage: 585

ἐλεύθερος 
Eleutheros 
Usage: 21

ὅστις ἥτις ὅ6τι 
hostis 
Usage: 112

the mother
μήτηρ 
meter 
Usage: 55

of us
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

Context Readings

Hagar And Sarah Represent Two Covenants

25 - For mount Sinai is called Hagar in Arabia, and bordereth upon the city which is now Jerusalem - and is in bondage with her children. 26 But Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written, "Rejoice thou barren, that bearest no children: break forth and cry, thou that travailest not. For the desolate hath many more children, than she which hath a husband."

Cross References

Hebrews 12:22

But ye are come unto the mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the celestial Jerusalem: and to an innumerable sight of angels,

Revelation 3:12

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out. And I will write upon him, the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 21:2

And I, John, saw that holy city, new Jerusalem, come down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride garnished for her husband.

Psalm 87:3-6

Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. Selah.

Song of Songs 8:1-2

O that I might find thee without, and kiss thee, whom I love as my brother which sucked my mother's breasts: and that thou wouldest not be offended,

Isaiah 2:2-3

It shall come to pass in the last days that the mount of the house of the LORD, shall be set in the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills: and all nations shall resort thereto.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus sayeth the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, that I sent unto her? Or who is the usurer, to whom I sold you? Behold, for your own offenses are ye sold: and because of your transgression, is your mother forsaken.

Isaiah 52:9

Be glad, O thou desolate Jerusalem, and rejoice together: for the LORD will comfort his people; he will deliver Jerusalem.

Isaiah 62:1-2

For Zion's sake therefore will I not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not cease: until their righteousness break forth as a shining light, and their salvation as a burning lamp.

Isaiah 65:18

but men shall be glad and evermore rejoice, for the things that I shall do. For why? Behold, I shall make a joyful Jerusalem;

Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her. Be joyful with her, all ye that mourned for her.

Hosea 2:2

As for your mother, ye shall chide with her, and reprove her: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband, unless she put away her whoredoms out of my sight, and her adultery from her breasts.

Hosea 2:5

Their mother hath broken her wedlock, and she that bare them, is come to confusion. For she said, 'I will go after my lovers, that give me my water and my bread, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.'

Hosea 4:5

Therefore stumblest thou in the daytime and the prophet with them in the night. I will bring thy mother to silence, and why?

Joel 3:17

And ye shall know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion my holy mount. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and there shall no stranger pass through there any more.

Micah 4:1-2

But in the latter days it will come to pass, that the hill of the LORD's house shall be set up higher than any mountains or hills: Yea, the people shall flow unto it,

John 8:36

If the son therefore shall make you free, then are ye free indeed.

Romans 6:14

Let not sin have power over you. For ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:18

Ye are then made free from sin, and are become the servants of righteousness.

Galatians 4:22

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and wrap not yourselves again in the yoke of bondage.

Philippians 3:20

But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ,

Revelation 17:5

And in her forehead was a name written, a mystery: "Great Babylon, the mother of whoredom and abominations of the earth."

Revelation 21:10-27

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and a high mountain, and he showed me the great city, holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

1 Peter 2:16

as free, and not as having the liberty for a cloak of maliciousness: but even as the servants of God.

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