Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
For the sake of discipline, persevere! As towards sons, God, beareth himself, towards you; for who is a son whom a father doth not discipline?
New American Standard Bible
It is for discipline that you endure;
King James Version
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Holman Bible
Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
International Standard Version
What you endure disciplines you: God is treating you as sons. Is there a son whom his father does not discipline?
A Conservative Version
Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?
American Standard Version
It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?
Amplified
You must submit to [correction for the purpose of] discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons; for
An Understandable Version
[For the suffering] you are enduring [is] for your discipline. God is dealing with you as He does with [His] children, for what child is not disciplined by his father?
Anderson New Testament
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons: for what son is there whose father chastens him not?
Bible in Basic English
It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?
Common New Testament
It is for discipline that you endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Daniel Mace New Testament
if you are to endure chastisement, God treats you as his children: for where's the son whom his father does not chastise?
Darby Translation
Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
Godbey New Testament
Endure unto chastisement; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom the father does not chastise?
Goodspeed New Testament
You must submit to it as discipline. God is dealing with you as his sons. For where is there a son whom his father does not discipline?
John Wesley New Testament
If ye endure chastning, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he, whom his father chastneth not?
Julia Smith Translation
If ye endure correction, God treats you as sons; for who is the son which the father corrects not?
King James 2000
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Endure [it] for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son [is there] whom a father does not discipline?
Modern King James verseion
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons, for what son is he whom the father does not chasten?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If ye shall endure chastening, God offereth himself unto you, as unto sons. What son is that whom the father chasteneth not?
Moffatt New Testament
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for where is the son who is not disciplined by his father?
Montgomery New Testament
It is for discipline that you are enduring these sufferings. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
NET Bible
Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
New Heart English Bible
It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Noyes New Testament
It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he, whom the father chasteneth not?
Sawyer New Testament
If you endure correction, God deals with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not correct?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
If ye patiently endure correction, God carries himself towards you as his children: for who is the son whom the father doth not correct?
Twentieth Century New Testament
It is for your discipline that you have to endure all this. God is dealing with you as his Children. For where is there a child whom his father does not discipline?
Webster
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons: for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Weymouth New Testament
The sufferings that you are enduring are for your discipline. God is dealing with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Williams New Testament
You must submit to discipline. God is dealing with you as His sons. For who is the son that his father never disciplines?
World English Bible
It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?
Worrell New Testament
For chastening endure ye: God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chastens not?
Worsley New Testament
If ye endure chastening, God treateth you as sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not chastise?
Youngs Literal Translation
if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?
Themes
Afflicted saints » Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
Afflictions » Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
Chastisement » The lord chastening
Chastisement » Why the lord chastens people
Chastisement » The reward for enduring the chastening of the lord
Endurance » In enduring hardship
Endurance » The reward for enduring
God's Promises » For endurance
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To correct them
Partaking » Who partakes with the lord
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In enduring hardship
Topics
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Hebrews 12:7
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 12:7
Prayers for Hebrews 12:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Fatherly Discipline
6 For, whom the Lord loveth, he doth, discipline, and scourgeth every son whom he doth welcome home. 7 For the sake of discipline, persevere! As towards sons, God, beareth himself, towards you; for who is a son whom a father doth not discipline? 8 If however ye are without discipline, whereof, all, have received a share, then, are ye, bastards, and, not sons.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24
He that withholdeth his rod, hateth his son, - but, he that loveth him, carefully correcteth him.
Proverbs 19:18
Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.
Proverbs 29:15
A rod with rebuke, giveth wisdom, but, a youth unrestrained, bringeth shame to his mother.
Deuteronomy 8:5
Thou must consider, then with thy heart, - that as a man chasteneth his son, Yahweh thy God, hath been chastening thee.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Proverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, that he may give thee rest, that he may give delight to thy soul.
1 Samuel 2:29
Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home, - and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me?
1 Samuel 2:34
And, this, for thee is the sign, which shall come upon thy two sons, upon Hophni and Phinehas, - In one day, shall they, both of them, die;
1 Samuel 3:13
Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age-abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them.
2 Samuel 7:14
I, will become his father, And, he, shall become my son: If he commit iniquity, then will I correct him, with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men;
1 Kings 1:6
Now his father had not displeased him all his days, by saying - Why, thus, hast thou done? Moreover also, he, was of exceeding handsome appearance, and, him, did his mother bear, after Absolom.
1 Kings 2:24-25
Now, therefore, by the life of Yahweh, who hath established me, and seated me upon the throne of David my father, and who hath made for me a household, as he had spoken, surely, to-day, shall Adonijah be put to death!
Job 34:31-32
For, unto GOD, hath one ever said - I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, beseeching them to abide in the faith, and declaring that, through many tribulations, must we enter into the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.