Hebrews 12:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

New Living Translation
As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?

English Standard Version
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Berean Study Bible
Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

New American Standard Bible
It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

NASB 1995
It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

NASB 1977
It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Amplified Bible
You must submit to [correction for the purpose of] discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Christian Standard Bible
Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

Contemporary English Version
Be patient when you are being corrected! This is how God treats his children. Don't all parents correct their children?

Good News Translation
Endure what you suffer as being a father's punishment; your suffering shows that God is treating you as his children. Was there ever a child who was not punished by his father?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Endure your discipline. God corrects you as a father corrects his children. All children are disciplined by their fathers.

International Standard Version
What you endure disciplines you: God is treating you as sons. Is there a son whom his father does not discipline?

NET Bible
Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

New King James Version
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

King James 2000 Bible
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not?

New Heart English Bible
If you are enduring discipline, God is dealing with you as children. For what child is there whom his father does not discipline?

World English Bible
It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?

American King James Version
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not?

American Standard Version
It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

A Faithful Version
If you endure chastening, God is dealing with you as a Father with His sons. For who is the son whom the Father does not chasten?

Darby Bible Translation
Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?

English Revised Version
It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

Webster's Bible Translation
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons: for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes: for what sonne is it whom the father chasteneth not?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
If ye endure chastenyng, God offereth him selfe as vnto sonnes: For what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Yf ye endure chastenynge, God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that, whom the father chasteneth not?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Yf ye endure chastninge God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that whom the father chasteneth not?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
if you endure discipline, God bears Himself to you as to sons, for who is a son whom a father does not discipline?

Berean Literal Bible
If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Young's Literal Translation
if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

Smith's Literal Translation
If ye endure correction, God treats you as sons; for who is the son which the father corrects not?

Literal Emphasis Translation
If you endure discipline, God is dealing with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not correct?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Therefore endure the discipline, because God deals with you as with children; for who is the son whom his father does not discipline?

Lamsa Bible
Now, therefore, endure discipline, because God acts toward you as towards sons; for where is the son whom the father does not discipline?

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons: for what son is there whose father chastens him not?

Godbey New Testament
Endure unto chastisement; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom the father does not chastise?

Haweis New Testament
If ye patiently endure correction, God carries himself towards you as his children: for who is the son whom the father doth not correct?

Mace New Testament
if you are to endure chastisement, God treats you as his children: for where's the son whom his father does not chastise?

Weymouth New Testament
The sufferings that you are enduring are for your discipline. God is dealing with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Worrell New Testament
For chastening endure ye: God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chastens not?

Worsley New Testament
If ye endure chastening, God treateth you as sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not chastise?
















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