KJV King James Version
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
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Hebrews 12:12
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;
Surrounding context — Hebrews 12
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;
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Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.1 Thessalonians 5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all [men].Job 4:3-4Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.Ezekiel 21:7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.Hebrews 12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:Ezekiel 7:17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak [as] water.Daniel 5:6Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.Nahum 2:10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain [is] in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
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