Hebrews 5:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHebrews 5:2 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 →
μετριοπαθεῖν
metriopathéō
G3356
to be moderate
δυνάμενος
dýnamai
G1410
to be able
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
ἀγνοοῦσιν
agnoéō
G50
to be ignorant
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
πλανωμένοις
planáō
G4105
to lead astray
ἐπεὶ
epeí
G1893
when
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
αὐτὸς
autós
G846
he
περίκειται
períkeimai
G4029
to lie around
ἀσθένειαν
asthéneia
G769
weakness
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
The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
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King James Version Public Domain
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
being able to deal gently with the ones being ignorant and being deceived, because he also is subject to weakness.
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