Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
for our God is truly a consuming fire.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For our God is a consuming fire.
Holman Bible
for our God is a consuming fire.
International Standard Version
For "our God is an all-consuming fire."
A Conservative Version
For our God is also a consuming fire.
American Standard Version
for our God is a consuming fire.
Amplified
for our God is [indeed] a consuming fire.
Anderson New Testament
for our God is a consuming fire.
Bible in Basic English
For our God is an all-burning fire.
Common New Testament
for our God is a consuming fire.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for "our God is a consuming fire."
Darby Translation
For also our God is a consuming fire.
Godbey New Testament
for our God is a consuming fire.
Goodspeed New Testament
for our God is a consuming fire.
John Wesley New Testament
For our God is a consuming fire.
Julia Smith Translation
For also our God is a consuming fire.
King James 2000
For our God is a consuming fire.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For indeed our God [is] a consuming fire.
Modern King James verseion
for also, "Our God is a consuming fire."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For our God is a consuming fire.
Montgomery New Testament
FOR INDEED OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.
NET Bible
For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
New Heart English Bible
for our God is a consuming fire.
Noyes New Testament
For our God is a consuming fire.
Sawyer New Testament
for our God is also a consuming fire.
The Emphasized Bible
For, even our God, is a consuming fire.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
for our God is a devouring fire.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For our God is 'a consuming fire.'
Webster
For our God is a consuming fire.
Weymouth New Testament
For our God is also a consuming fire.
Williams New Testament
for our God, indeed, is a consuming fire.
World English Bible
for our God is a consuming fire.
Worrell New Testament
for, verily, our God is a consuming fire.
Worsley New Testament
for our God is a consuming fire.
Youngs Literal Translation
for also our God is a consuming fire.
Themes
Fire » As a symbol of the divine presence and power
Fire » Illustrative of » God's vengeance
God » Fire, a consuming » As a symbol of the divine presence and power
Interlinear
Word Count of 36 Translations in Hebrews 12:29
Prayers for Hebrews 12:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
28 Therefore, we should be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken [i.e., the church. See Col. 1:13; Rev. 1:6, 9]. So, with reverence and awe, we should serve God in a way that pleases Him, 29 for our God is truly a consuming fire.
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 1:8
He will inflict punishment on those people who do not know God [as Savior], and on those who do not obey the Gospel message of our Lord Jesus.
Hebrews 10:27
Instead, [there will be] a fearful expectation of [coming] judgment and of [God's] raging fire which will consume His enemies.