KJV King James Version
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
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Hebrews 1:1
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
WEB World English Bible
God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
ASV American Standard Version
God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,
Surrounding context — Hebrews 1
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
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ΠολυμερῶςG4181 · polumerōslittle by littleκαὶG2532 · kaiandπολυτρόπωςG4187 · polutropōsin many waysπάλαιG3819 · palaiof oldὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodλαλήσαςG2980 · laleōto speakτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατράσινG3962 · patērfatherἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροφήταιςG4396 · prophētēsprophet
Cross-references
2 Peter 1:20-21Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.Joel 2:28And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:Numbers 12:6-8And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.Luke 24:27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.1 Peter 1:10-12Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you:Genesis 46:2-4And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I.Luke 1:55As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.Genesis 12:1-3Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:Acts 2:30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;Luke 24:44And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me.Acts 13:32And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,Acts 28:23And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning till evening.Hebrews 2:2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;Exodus 3:1-22Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, [even] to Horeb.John 7:22Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.Luke 1:72To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;John 9:29We know that God spake unto Moses: [as for] this [fellow], we know not from whence he is.Genesis 9:1-17And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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