Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. New Living Translation So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. English Standard Version Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, Berean Standard Bible Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees. Berean Literal Bible Therefore lift up the drooping hands and enfeebled knees, King James Bible Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; New King James Version Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, New American Standard Bible Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, NASB 1995 Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, NASB 1977 Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, Legacy Standard Bible Therefore, STRENGTHEN THE HANDS THAT ARE WEAK AND THE KNEES THAT ARE FEEBLE, Amplified Bible So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble. Christian Standard Bible Therefore, strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees, Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees, American Standard Version Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore strengthen your hands and set your shaky knees firmly. Contemporary English Version Now stand up straight! Stop your knees from shaking Douay-Rheims Bible Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, English Revised Version Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees; GOD'S WORD® Translation Strengthen your tired arms and weak knees. Good News Translation Lift up your tired hands, then, and strengthen your trembling knees! International Standard Version Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees, Literal Standard Version For this reason, lift up the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees; Majority Standard Bible Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees. New American Bible So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. NET Bible Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees, New Revised Standard Version Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, New Heart English Bible Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, Webster's Bible Translation Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; Weymouth New Testament Therefore strengthen the drooping hands and paralysed knees, World English Bible Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, Young's Literal Translation Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up; Additional Translations ... Context God Disciplines His Sons…11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it. 12Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees. 13Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.… Cross References Psalm 109:24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt. Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! Ezekiel 7:17 Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. Zephaniah 3:16 On that day they will say to Jerusalem: "Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp. Treasury of Scripture Why lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; Hebrews 12:3,5 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds… Job 4:3,4 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands… Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Jump to Previous Arms Cause Drooping Failing Feeble Hands Hang Hanging Knees Lift Palsied Paralysed Strengthen Strong Weak WhereforeJump to Next Arms Cause Drooping Failing Feeble Hands Hang Hanging Knees Lift Palsied Paralysed Strengthen Strong Weak WhereforeHebrews 12 1. An exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godliness by Christ's example22. A commendation of the new covenant. (12) Wherefore.--As in Hebrews 10:24, the writer passes from the thought of personal risk and duty, to speak (in Hebrews 12:12-17) of that which is binding on all members of a community. "Wherefore"--since the trouble which has brought discouragement should rather call forth thankfulness--"strengthen (literally, make straight again, restore to a right state) the weakened hands and the palsied knees." The words are almost a reproduction of Isaiah 35:3, where those who have lost heart and hope (compared to men whose limbs are palsy-stricken) are encouraged by the promise of the coming of their God bringing recompense and salvation. (See Hebrews 10:36-37.)Verse 12. - Wherefore lift up (for, straighten anew) the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees (rather, the relaxed hands and the loosened or enfeebled knees). The word παραλελυμένα is used only by St. Luke elsewhere in the New Testament, and with reference to persons paralyzed (Luke 5:18, 24; Acts 8:7; Acts 9:33). The form of the exhortation is taken from Isaiah 35:3, 'Ἰσχύσατε χεῖρες ἀνειμέναι καὶ γόνατα παραλελυμένα. The figure of the palaestra is thus again brought into view, with reference both to boxing and running. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek ThereforeΔιὸ (Dio) Conjunction Strong's 1352: Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently. strengthen ἀνορθώσατε (anorthōsate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 461: To make upright (straight) again, rear again, restore. From ana and a derivative of the base of orthos; to straighten up. [your] τὰς (tas) Article - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. limp παρειμένας (pareimenas) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 3935: From para and hiemi; to let by, i.e. Relax. hands χεῖρας (cheiras) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 5495: A hand. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. weak παραλελυμένα (paralelymena) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3886: To relax, enfeeble, weaken. From para and luo; to loosen beside, i.e. Relax. knees. γόνατα (gonata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 1119: The knee. Of uncertain affinity; the 'knee'. 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