Hebrews 12:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHebrews 12:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἴστε
eídō
G1492
to see
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
μετέπειτα
metépeita
G3347
afterwards
θέλων
thélō
G2309
to will
κληρονομῆσαι
klēronoméō
G2816
to inherit
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
εὐλογίαν
eulogía
G2129
praise
ἀπεδοκιμάσθη
apodokimázō
G593
to reject
μετανοίας
metánoia
G3341
repentance
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
τόπον
tópos
G5117
place
οὐχ
ou
G3756
not
εὗρεν
heurískō
G2147
to find
καίπερ
kaíper
G2539
although
μετὰ
metá
G3326
with
δακρύων
dákry
G1144
tear
ἐκζητήσας
ekzētéō
G1567
to seek out
αὐτήν
autós
G846
he
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
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King James Version Public Domain
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For you know that even afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he found no place repentance, even though he sought it with tears.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).