Hebrews 5:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHebrews 5:12 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 →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ὀφείλοντες
opheílō
G3784
to owe
εἶναι
eimí
G1510
to be
διδάσκαλοι
didáskalos
G1320
teacher
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
χρόνον
chrónos
G5550
time
πάλιν
pálin
G3825
again
χρείαν
chreía
G5532
necessity
ἔχετε
échō
G2192
to have
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
διδάσκειν
didáskō
G1321
to teach
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
τινὰ
tìs
G5100
a certain
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
στοιχεῖα
stoicheîon
G4747
element
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
ἀρχῆς
archḗ
G746
beginning
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
λογίων
lógion
G3051
oracle
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
θεοῦ
theós
G2316
God
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
γεγόνατε
gínomai
G1096
to become
χρείαν
chreía
G5532
necessity
ἔχοντες
échō
G2192
to have
γάλακτος
gála
G1051
milk
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
στερεᾶς
stereós
G4731
strong
τροφῆς
trophḗ
G5160
food
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 when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
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King James Version Public Domain
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For even though by this time you ought to be teachers, you again have need of someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have become ones having a need of milk, not solid food!
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).