KJV King James Version
But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
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Hebrews 6:8
But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
WEB World English Bible
but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
ASV American Standard Version
but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and that which is bearing thorns and briers is disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end is for burning;
Surrounding context — Hebrews 6
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐκφέρουσαG1627 · ekpherōto bring/carry outδὲG1161 · dethenἀκάνθαςG173 · akanthaa thornκαὶG2532 · kaiandτριβόλουςG5146 · tribolosthistleἀδόκιμοςG96 · adokimosfailingκαὶG2532 · kaiandκατάραςG2671 · kataracurseἐγγύς,G1451 · engusnearἧςG3739 · hos, hēwhichτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoτέλοςG5056 · telosgoal/taxεἰςG1519 · eistowardκαῦσιν.¶G2740 · kausisburning
Cross-references
John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.Genesis 3:17-18And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;Deuteronomy 29:28And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as [it is] this day.Luke 13:7-9Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?Jeremiah 44:22So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.Isaiah 5:1-7Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:Hebrews 12:17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.Hebrews 10:27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.Psalm 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.Jeremiah 17:6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.Genesis 4:11And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;Genesis 5:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.Isaiah 27:10-11Yet the defenced city [shall be] desolate, [and] the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.Ezekiel 15:2-7Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.Mark 11:14And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard [it].
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