Hebrews 9:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHebrews 9:23 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 →
ἀνάγκη
anánkē
G318
necessity
οὖν
oûn
G3767
therefore
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
μὲν
mén
G3303
truly
ὑποδείγματα
hypódeigma
G5262
copy
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανοῖς
ouranós
G3772
heaven
τούτοις
hoûtos
G3778
this
καθαρίζεσθαι
katharízō
G2511
to make clean
αὐτὰ
autós
G846
he
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
ἐπουράνια
epouránios
G2032
heaven
κρείττοσιν
kreíttōn
G2909
more excellent
θυσίαις
thysía
G2378
sacrifice
παρὰ
pará
G3844
from
ταύτας
hoûtos
G3778
this
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
It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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King James Version Public Domain
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Therefore necessary on the one hand the examples of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but on the other hand, the heavenly things themselves, with better sacrifices than these,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).