Hebrews 12:7 — Compare Translations

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You must submit to and endure [correction] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not [thus] train and correct and discipline?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You must submit to and endure [correction] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not [thus] train and correct and discipline?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - 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?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

When you suffer in your life, you must be patient and strong. Remember that God is teaching you what is right because you are his children. There has never been any son whose father did not punish him.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So accept sufferings like a father's discipline. God does these things to you like a father correcting his children. You know that all children are disciplined by their fathers.

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?

English GNT (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?

English God's Word - GW 1995

Endure your discipline. God corrects you as a father corrects his children. All children are disciplined by their fathers.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Endure it as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?

English KJV 1611

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

English LSB

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?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Endure discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - 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?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Endure your trials as "discipline"; God treats you as sons. For what "son" is there whom his father does not discipline?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Put up with hard times. God uses them to train you. He is treating you as children. What children are not trained by their parents?

English NIV

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined?

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Fully embrace God’s correction as part of your training, for he is doing what any loving father does for his children. For who has ever heard of a child who never had to be corrected?

English RSV (Revised 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?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Let God train you, for he is doing what any loving father does for his children. Whoever heard of a son who was never corrected?

English Tyndale 1537

If ye shall endure chastening, god offereth himself unto you, as unto sons. What son is that whom the father chasteneth not?