Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
But you [Christians] have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. [Note: These terms describe people who have entered a spiritual relationship with God as part of the church]. [You have come] to a praise gathering of innumerable angels [Note: Christians are here pictured as assembled in worship of God, along with angels],
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Holman Bible
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels in festive gathering,
International Standard Version
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,
A Conservative Version
But ye have come to mount Zion, and to the city of a living God, a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of heavenly agents,
American Standard Version
but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
Amplified
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],
Anderson New Testament
But you have come to Mount Zion, and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels;
Bible in Basic English
But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
Common New Testament
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the joyful assembly
Daniel Mace New Testament
but you are come to mount Sion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable congress of angels, to the general assembly,
Darby Translation
but ye have come to mount Zion; and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels,
Godbey New Testament
but you have come to mount Zion, and to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the city of the living God, and to myriads of angels,
Goodspeed New Testament
But you have come up to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless angels,
John Wesley New Testament
But ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
Julia Smith Translation
But ye have come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
King James 2000
But you are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Lexham Expanded Bible
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels, to the festal gathering
Modern King James verseion
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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,
Moffatt New Testament
You have come to mount Sion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to myriads of angels in festal gathering,
Montgomery New Testament
On the contrary you are come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to innumerable hosts of angels,
NET Bible
But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
New Heart English Bible
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
Noyes New Testament
but ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads, the general assembly of angels;
The Emphasized Bible
But ye have approached - unto Zion's mountain, and unto the city of a Living God, a heavenly Jerusalem, - and unto myriads of messengers,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
but ye are come unto mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Twentieth Century New Testament
No, but it is to Mount Zion that you have drawn near, the City of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,
Webster
But ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Weymouth New Testament
On the contrary you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the ever-living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,
Williams New Testament
But you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless hosts of angels,
World English Bible
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
Worrell New Testament
But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Worsley New Testament
but ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Youngs Literal Translation
But, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,
Themes
Church » City of the living God
Communion of saints » Is with » Saints in heaven
Covenant » The second covenant
new Dispensation » General references to
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Heaven/the heavens » The heavens being shaken
Heavenly » Home heavenly home the final dwelling place of the saints » Host
the Law of moses » Darkness, &c at giving of, illustrative of obscurity of mosaic dispensation
Mountains » Names of » Zion, or sion
Name » Whose names are written in heaven
Names » Of the church » Heavenly jerusalem
New » The keyword of Hebrews » Jerusalem
New » Creature dispensation » Superiority of the new dispensation over the old))
The Saved » Description of » Number referred to as many
Superiority of the new dispensation » General references to
the future » The inhabitants of heaven » A great host
Titles and names of the church » Heavenly of jerusalem
Titles and names of the church » Mount zion
Interlinear
Proserchomai
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 36 Translations in Hebrews 12:22
Images Hebrews 12:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
21 And the sight [of all these things] was so terrifying that Moses said [See Deut. 9:19], "I tremble with fear." 22 But you [Christians] have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. [Note: These terms describe people who have entered a spiritual relationship with God as part of the church]. [You have come] to a praise gathering of innumerable angels [Note: Christians are here pictured as assembled in worship of God, along with angels], 23 and to the church of the firstborn ones [i.e., those who have received an inheritance from their Father], whose names are recorded in heaven. [See Luke 10:20]. [You have come] to God, who is the Judge of all people, and to the spirits of righteous people who have become [morally] perfect [i.e., that great company of God's people who have gone on to their heavenly reward],
Cross References
Galatians 4:26
But the heavenly Jerusalem [Heb. 12:22] consists of free people, and is the mother of us [Christians].
Revelation 14:1
And I looked, and there in front of me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand persons, with the Lamb's name and His Father's name written on their foreheads.
Philippians 3:20
But we are [really] citizens of heaven and we are waiting for a Savior [to return] from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 3:12
Pay attention, brothers, so that there will not be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, [resulting] in falling away from the living God.
Jude 1:14
And it was also prophesied about [these] people by Enoch, the seventh [descendant] of Adam [Gen. 5:18-24], who said, "Look, the Lord came with thousands upon thousands [Note: The Greek uses the plural form of "myriad," which means 10,000] of His holy ones [i.e., angels],
Revelation 21:2
And I [also] saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Matthew 5:35
nor 'by earth,' for it is the footstool for His feet; nor 'by Jerusalem,' for it is the city of the great King [i.e., God].
Matthew 16:16
And Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one], the Son of the living God."
Romans 9:26
[Hosea 1:10 says], "And it will happen that in the very place where people were told, 'You people do not belong to me [i.e., God],' they will be called children of the living God."
Romans 11:26
And so [i.e., in this way] all the Israelites will be saved. [Note: The "all" here is thought by many to refer to a large number of the physical Jews who will be saved, not necessarily to every single individual Jew]. Even as it is written [Isa. 59:20-21], "The Deliverer [i.e., Christ] will come from Zion [i.e., the city of Jerusalem, or from the nation of Israel]. He will take away the wickedness from Jacob [i.e., the Jews]."
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For those people themselves report on what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you people turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God.
Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Holy Spirit [or, His eternal Spirit] offered Himself without [moral] blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from deeds which lead to [spiritual] death to serve the living God?
Hebrews 10:31
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking forward to [living in] a city with [lasting] foundations, designed and built by God. [Note: This undoubtedly refers to heaven].
Hebrews 13:14
For we do not have a lasting city here on earth [i.e., such as Jerusalem] but we are looking for the city to come [i.e., heaven. See 10:11].
Revelation 3:12
I will make the person who has victory [in the Christian life] a pillar in the Temple of my God [i.e., probably a reference to heaven], and he will never leave it. And I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which is coming down from heaven from my God [See 21:2, 10] and my own new name.
Revelation 5:11-12
Then I looked, and heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living beings and elders. They numbered in the tens of thousands, and thousands and thousands [more]. [Note: The Greek says "myriads of myriads"].
Revelation 7:2
And I saw another angel coming up from the east; he held the seal of the living God. [Note: This "seal" was a mark of identification or ownership]. And he called out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given [the power] to harm the land and the ocean,
Revelation 21:10
So, he transported me away in [i.e., under the influence of] the Holy Spirit, to a very high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.