Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,
New American Standard Bible
Therefore,
King James Version
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Holman Bible
Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,
A Conservative Version
Therefore lift up the drooping hands, and the feeble knees,
American Standard Version
Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
Amplified
So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble.
An Understandable Version
Therefore, [Prov. 4:26 says], "Strengthen your limp hands and weak knees;
Anderson New Testament
Wherefore, lift up the hands that hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees,
Bible in Basic English
For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,
Common New Testament
Therefore lift your feeble hands and strengthen your weak knees,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Wherefore "strengthen your weak hands and your feeble knees.
Darby Translation
Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;
Godbey New Testament
Therefore hold up the hands which hang down, and the paralyzed knees,
Goodspeed New Testament
So tighten your loosening hold! Stiffen your wavering stand!
John Wesley New Testament
Wherefore Lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees:
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore set upright the relaxed hands, and palsied knees;
King James 2000
Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,
Modern King James verseion
Because of this, straighten up the hands which hang down and the enfeebled knees.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Stretch forth therefore again the hands which were let down, and the weak knees,
Moffatt New Testament
So up with your listless hands! Strengthen your weak knees!
Montgomery New Testament
Wherefore lift up your listless hands, strengthen your feeble knees;
NET Bible
Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,
New Heart English Bible
Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
Noyes New Testament
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Sawyer New Testament
Wherefore hold up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees,
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, the slackened hands and paralysed knees, restore ye,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wherefore stretch out again the hands that hang down, and the paralytic knees;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore 'lift again the down-dropped hands and straighten the weakened knees;
Webster
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore strengthen the drooping hands and paralysed knees,
Williams New Testament
So tighten the grip of your slipping hands; stiffen the stand of your knocking knees;
World English Bible
Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
Worrell New Testament
Wherefore, lift up the relaxed hands and the feeble knees,
Worsley New Testament
Lift up therefore the hands that hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.
Youngs Literal Translation
Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 12:12
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Context Readings
A Serious Warning Against Refusing God
11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, for those who have been trained by it, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace. 12 Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees, 13 and straighten the paths of your life, so that your lameness may not become worse, but instead may be healed.
Cross References
Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the feeble hands, and support the stumbling knees.
Job 4:3-4
Look! You've admonished many people, and you've strengthened feeble hands.
Hebrews 12:3
Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.
Ezekiel 7:17
Every hand will be limp. Every knee will glisten with sweat."
Ezekiel 21:7
When they'll ask you, "Why are you groaning?' you are to say, "Because of the news that just arrived. Every heart will melt with fear, every hand will grow limp, every spirit will grow faint, and every knee will glisten with sweat.' Look! It has come and it will be fulfilled," declares the Lord GOD.
Daniel 5:6
While the king watched the back of the hand as it was writing, his facial expression changed. Utterly frightened, he lost control of his own bowels and his knees knocked together.
Nahum 2:10
Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We urge you, brothers, to admonish those who are idle, cheer up those who are discouraged, and help those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.
Hebrews 12:5
You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline or give up when you are corrected by him.