Parallel Verses
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,
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],
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],
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,
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 even so terrible was the sight which appeared. Moses said, "I fear and quake." 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, 23 and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:
Cross References
Galatians 4:26
But Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is the mother of us all.
Psalm 48:2
The hill of Zion is like a fair plant, whereof all the land rejoiceth: upon the north side lieth the city of the great King.
Revelation 14:1
And I looked, and, lo, a lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty four thousand having his father's name written in their foreheads.
Philippians 3:20
But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, that there be in none of you an evil heart, in unbelief, that he should depart from the living God:
Jude 1:14
Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied before of such saying, "Behold, the Lord shall come with thousands of saints,
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.
Deuteronomy 5:26
For what is any flesh that he should hear the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire as we have done and should yet live:
Deuteronomy 33:2
saying, "The LORD came from Sinai, and showed his beams from Seir unto them; and appeared gloriously from mount Paran, and he came with thousands of saints, and in his righthand a law of fire for them.
Joshua 3:10
And Joshua said, "Hereby ye shall know, that the living God is among you, and that he will, without fail, cast out before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perezites, the Gergesites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
2 Kings 19:4
O that the LORD thy God would hear all the words of Rabshakeh whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to rail on the living God, and to rebuke him with words which the LORD thy God hath heard. Wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left."
Psalm 2:6
"Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion."
Psalm 42:2
My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
Psalm 68:17
The chariots of God are many thousand times a thousand, the LORD is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai.
Psalm 84:2
My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
Psalm 87:3
Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. Selah.
Psalm 132:13-14
For the LORD hath chosen Zion, to be a habitation for himself; he hath longed for her.
Isaiah 12:6
Cry and shout thou inhabiter of Zion, for great among you is the holy of Israel.
Isaiah 14:32
Who shall then maintain the messages of the Gentiles? But the LORD establisheth Zion, and the poor of my people shall put their trust in him.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: "Behold, I will lay a stone in Zion, a great stone, a costly corner stone, for a sure foundation: that whoso putteth his trust in him, shall not be confounded.
Isaiah 51:11
That the redeemed of the LORD, which turned again, might come with joy unto Zion, there to endure forever? That mirth and gladness might be with them? That sorrow and woe might flee from them?
Isaiah 51:16
I shall put my word also in thy mouth, and defend thee with the turning of my hand: that thou mayest plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, "Thou art my people."
Isaiah 59:20
But unto Zion there shall come a redeemer, and unto them in Jacob that turn from wickedness, sayeth the LORD.
Isaiah 60:14
Moreover, those shall come kneeling unto thee that have vexed thee: and all they that despised thee, shall fall down at thy foot. Thou shalt be called the city of the LORD, the holy Zion of Israel.
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is a true God, a living God, and an everlasting king. If he be wroth, the earth shaketh: all the Gentiles may not abide his indignation.
Daniel 6:26
My commandment is, in all my dominion and kingdom, that men fear and stand in awe of Daniel's God. For he is the living God, which abideth ever: his kingdom shall not fail and his power is everlasting.
Daniel 7:10
There drew forth a fiery stream, and went out from him. A thousand times a thousand served him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set, and the books opened.
Hosea 1:10
And though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor told: yet in the place where it is said unto them, 'Ye be not my people': even there shall it be thus reported of them, 'They be the children of the living God.'
Joel 2:32
And the time shall come: that whosoever calleth upon the name of the LORD, shall be saved. For upon the mount Zion and at Jerusalem, there shall be a salvation, like as the LORD hath promised. Yea, and among the other remnant, whom the LORD shall call.
Matthew 5:35
nor yet by the earth; for it is His footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of that great King:
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, and said, "Thou art Christ, the son of the living God."
Romans 9:26
And, "It shall come to pass, in the place where it was said unto them, 'ye are not my people,' that there shall be called the children of the living God."
Romans 11:26
And so all Israel shall be saved. As it is written, "There shall come out of Zion he that doth deliver, and shall turn away the ungodliness of Jacob.
1 Thessalonians 1:9
for they themselves show of you what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from images for to serve the living and true God,
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ - which through the eternal spirit, offered himself without spot to God - purge your consciences from dead works, for to serve the living God?
Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 11:10
For he looked for a city having a foundation, whose builder and maker is God.
Hebrews 13:14
For here have we no continuing city: but we seek a one to come.
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 5:11-12
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels about the throne, and about the beasts and the elders, and I heard thousand thousands,
Revelation 7:2
And I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun, which had the seal of the living God, and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom power was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Revelation 21:10
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,
Revelation 22:19
And if any man shall minish of the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from those things which are written in this book.