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Parallel HEB 5:11

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OET (OET-RV) We have a lot to say about that, but it’s hard to explain because you’ve all become lazy at listening.

OET-LVConcerning whom much to_us the speech, and hard_to_explain to_be_speaking, because sluggish you_all_have_become in_the hearing.

SR-GNTΠερὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν λόγος, καὶ δυσερμήνευτος λέγειν, ἐπεὶ νωθροὶ γεγόνατε ταῖς ἀκοαῖς. 
   (Peri hou polus haʸmin ho logos, kai dusermaʸneutos legein, epei nōthroi gegonate tais akoais.)

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT concerning whom the message to us is great, but hard to speak about since you have become dull in your hearing.

UST We have many things to talk about with regard to Melchizedek. However, since you do not listen and understand well, these things will be difficult to explain to you.


BSB § We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

BLB Concerning this there is much speech from us, and difficult in interpretation to speak, since you have become sluggish in the hearings.

AICNT Concerning this, we have much to say and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull in understanding.

OEB ¶ Now on this subject I have much to say, but it is difficult to explain it to you, because you have shown yourselves so slow to learn.

WEB About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

NET On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

LSV concerning the Word, of whom we have much [to speak], and of hard explanation to say, since you have become dull of hearing,

FBV We have much to say about Jesus, and it's hard to explain because you don't seem able to understand!

TCNT On this topic we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

T4T Although there is much to say to you(pl) about how Christ resembles Melchizedek, this is hard for me to explain to you because you now understand things so slowly.

LEB Concerning this[fn]we have much to say and it is difficult to explain[fn], since you have become sluggish in hearing.


?:? Literally “which”

?:? Literally “great for us the message and hard to explain to say”

BBE Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.

MOFNo MOF HEB book available

ASV Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.

DRA Of whom we have much to say, and hard to be intelligibly uttered: because you are become weak to hear.

YLT concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing,

DBY Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking [of it], since ye are become dull in hearing.

RV Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.

WBS Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

KJB Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
  (Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye/you_all are dull of hearing. )

BB Of whom we haue many thynges to say, and harde to be vttered, seing ye are dull of hearyng.
  (Of whom we have many things to say, and harde to be vttered, seing ye/you_all are dull of hearing.)

GNV Of whome we haue many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearing.
  (Of whom we have many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye/you_all are dull of hearing. )

CB Wherof we haue many thinges to saye, which are harde to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearynge.
  (Wherof we have many things to say, which are harde to be vttered, because ye/you_all are dull of hearing.)

TNT Wherof we have many thynges to saye which are harde to be vttered: because ye are dull of hearinge.
  (Wherof we have many things to say which are harde to be vttered: because ye/you_all are dull of hearing. )

WYC Of whom ther is to vs a greet word for to seie, and able to be expowned, for ye ben maad feble to here.
  (Of whom there is to us a great word for to say, and able to be expowned, for ye/you_all been made feble to here.)

LUT Davon hätten wir wohl viel zu reden; aber es ist schwer, weil ihr so unverständig seid.
  (Davon hätten wir wohl many to reden; but it is schwer, weil her so unverständig seid.)

CLV De quo nobis grandis sermo, et ininterpretabilis ad dicendum: quoniam imbecilles facti estis ad audiendum.[fn]
  (De quo nobis grandis sermo, and ininterpretabilis to dicendum: quoniam imbecilles facti estis to audiendum.)


5.11 Ininterpretabilis. Sermo de incarnato Filio difficilis est ad interpretandum, quia debiles sensu estis ad intelligendum profunda mysteria.


5.11 Ininterpretabilis. Sermo about incarnato Filio difficilis it_is to interpretandum, because debiles sensu estis to intelligendum profunda mysteria.

UGNT περὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος, καὶ δυσερμήνευτος λέγειν, ἐπεὶ νωθροὶ γεγόνατε ταῖς ἀκοαῖς.
  (peri hou polus haʸmin ho logos, kai dusermaʸneutos legein, epei nōthroi gegonate tais akoais.)

SBL-GNT Περὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος καὶ δυσερμήνευτος λέγειν, ἐπεὶ νωθροὶ γεγόνατε ταῖς ἀκοαῖς·
  (Peri hou polus haʸmin ho logos kai dusermaʸneutos legein, epei nōthroi gegonate tais akoais; )

TC-GNT Περὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος καὶ δυσερμήνευτος λέγειν, ἐπεὶ νωθροὶ γεγόνατε ταῖς ἀκοαῖς.
  (Peri hou polus haʸmin ho logos kai dusermaʸneutos legein, epei nōthroi gegonate tais akoais. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

5:11–6:20 After beginning to discuss Jesus’ appointment as High Priest (5:1-10), the author confronts his audience with a series of exhortations (5:11–6:20). Such a shift in a sermon or discourse was meant to focus the hearers’ attention.

5:11–6:3 This exhortation deals with the recipients’ spiritual lethargy.

5:11 spiritually dull: The Greek term means “sluggish, dimwitted, negligent, lazy.”

TTNTyndale Theme Notes:

Spiritual Maturity

When a person turns to Christ for salvation, it marks the beginning of a journey that will continue the rest of their life. Such a person does not simply remain as they are; they are transformed, growing continually into Christlikeness—a process often referred to as sanctification. Just as newborn babies drink milk in order to grow—eventually being able to eat solid food—new believers must avail themselves of “spiritual milk” in order to “grow into a full experience of salvation” (1 Pet 2:2-3), eventually consuming the “solid food” of deeper teaching (Heb 5:11-14).

Spiritual maturity has to do with one’s ability to discern spiritual truth (1 Cor 2:6). Christians are exhorted to be mature in their thinking (1 Cor 14:20). The body of Christ grows to maturity through the equipping of believers and by growing in knowledge of the Son of God (Eph 4:11-16). The result is a united community of faith in which love and truth further build up the body of Christ.

The audience of Hebrews was spiritually immature. The author wanted to give them real spiritual meat, but they were acting like spiritual babies who needed basic nourishment rather than deeper teaching (5:12). They had not been listening to the word of God. They had been believers long enough to be teaching others, but a growing insensitivity had rendered them spiritually dull (5:11-12; cp. 1 Cor 3:1-3). They lacked the maturity to discern the basic difference between right and wrong (Heb 5:14). Thus, the author challenged them to move on to maturity so he could present them with deeper truths of the faith, rather than repeatedly recounting the basics (6:1-3).

Spiritual maturity is not an automatic result of time. It results from focused listening to the word of God and living out that word in fellowship with a community of believers.

Passages for Further Study

1 Cor 2:6; 3:1-3; 14:20; 2 Cor 13:9-11; Eph 4:11-16; Col 4:12; Heb 5:11-14; 6:1-3; 10:14; 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:1-3


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

περὶ οὗ

concerning whom

Here, the word whom could refer to: (1) Melchizedek, whom the author mentioned at the end of the previous verse. Alternate translation: “about whom” (2) the topic that the author is discussing, which is the priesthoods of Melchizedek and Jesus. Alternate translation: “concerning which topic”

περὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος

concerning whom much ˱to˲_us ¬the speech

Alternate translation: “about whom we have much to discuss” or “concerning whom I have many words to speak to you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

νωθροὶ γεγόνατε ταῖς ἀκοαῖς

sluggish ˱you_all˲_/have/_become ˱in˲_the hearing

Here the author speaks as if hearing could become dull, just as if it were a sharp tool that became dull and no longer cuts things well. He speaks in this way to describe their hearing as ineffective and slow, which means that they do not understand what he is saying to them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable idiom or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “you have become slow to understand” or “you do not pay attention to what I am saying”

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