Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways.

New American Standard Bible

God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,

King James Version

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

International Standard Version

God, having spoken in former times in fragmentary and varied fashion to our forefathers by the prophets,

A Conservative Version

God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son,

American Standard Version

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

Amplified

God, having spoken to the fathers long ago in [the voices and writings of] the prophets in many separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the truth], and in many ways,

An Understandable Version

In times past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets in many parts and in various ways,

Anderson New Testament

GOD, who in many parts and in many ways spoke in ancient times to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by his Son,

Bible in Basic English

In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;

Common New Testament

In the past God spoke to our fathers by the prophets at many times and in various ways,

Daniel Mace New Testament

God who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his SON,

Darby Translation

God having spoken in many parts and in many ways formerly to the fathers in the prophets,

Godbey New Testament

On many occasions and in many ways in the olden time, God having spoken to the fathers through the prophets, at the last of these days has spoken to us through his Son,

Goodspeed New Testament

It was little by little and in different ways that God spoke in old times to our forefathers through the prophets,

John Wesley New Testament

God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake of old to the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son;

Julia Smith Translation

God, formerly multifariously and abundantly having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

King James 2000

God, who at many times and in various manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Although] God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,

Modern King James verseion

God, who at many times and in many ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

God, in time past, diversely and many ways, spake unto the fathers by prophets:

Moffatt New Testament

Many were the forms and fashions in which God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets,

Montgomery New Testament

God, who in ancient days spoke to our ancestors in the prophets, at many different times and by various methods,

NET Bible

After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

New Heart English Bible

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

Noyes New Testament

God, who at different times and in different ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets,

Sawyer New Testament

GOD, who at many times and in many ways spoke anciently to the fathers by the prophets,

The Emphasized Bible

Whereas, in many parts and in many ways of old, God spake unto the fathers, in the prophets,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

GOD, who spake to the fathers of old at various times, and in different manners by the prophets,

Twentieth Century New Testament

God, who, of old, at many times and in many ways, spoke to our ancestors, by the Prophets,

Webster

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

Weymouth New Testament

God, who in ancient days spoke to our forefathers in many distinct messages and by various methods through the Prophets,

Williams New Testament

It was bit by bit and in many different ways that God in olden times spoke to our forefathers through the prophets,

World English Bible

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

Worrell New Testament

God, having in many parts and many ways spoken, of old, to the fathers in the prophets,

Worsley New Testament

God, who at sundry times, and various ways, spake of old unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son,

Youngs Literal Translation

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
God, who
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

πολυμέρως 
Polumeros 
Usage: 1

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

πολυτρόπως 
Polutropos 
Usage: 1

λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

in time past
πάλαι 
Palai 
Usage: 4

πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

by
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Images Hebrews 1:1

Prayers for Hebrews 1:1

Context Readings

God's Full And Final Revelation In The Son

25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 1 Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways. 2 In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.

Joel 2:28

After this
I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your old men will have dreams,
and your young men will see visions.

Numbers 12:6-8

He said:

“Listen to what I say:
If there is a prophet among you from the Lord,
I make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak with him in a dream.

Genesis 6:3

And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years.”

Genesis 6:13-22

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

Genesis 8:15-19

Then God spoke to Noah,

Genesis 9:1-17

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 12:1-3

The Lord said to Abram:

Go out from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.

Genesis 26:2-5

The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about;

Genesis 28:12-15

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

Genesis 32:24-30

Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Genesis 46:2-4

That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said.

And Jacob replied, “Here I am.”

Exodus 3:1-22

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Luke 1:55

just as He spoke to our ancestors,
to Abraham and his descendants forever.

Luke 1:72

He has dealt mercifully with our fathers
and remembered His holy covenant

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Luke 24:44

Then He told them, “These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 7:22

“Consider this: Moses has given you circumcision—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers—and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

John 9:29

We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we don’t know where He’s from!”

Acts 2:30

Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants on his throne.

Acts 13:32

And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.

Acts 28:23

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and witnessed about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Hebrews 2:2

For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,

1 Peter 1:10-12

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated.

2 Peter 1:20-21

First of all, you should know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation,

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