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OET (OET-RV) So then, having Yeshua the son of God who came from and returned to the heavens as our high priest, we need to hold firmly to what we say we believe,![]()
OET-LV Therefore having a_chief_priest great, having_passed_through the heavens, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), the son of_ the _god, we_may_be_taking_hold of_our confession.![]()
ULT Therefore, having a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us firmly hold to our confession.
UST So, a powerful ruling priest works for us, one who ascended through the heavens. He is Jesus, God’s Son. Because of that, we need to persist in believing what we say we believe.
BSB & MSB Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
BLB Therefore having a great high priest having passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, we should hold firmly to our confession.
AICNT Therefore, having a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
OEB We have, then, in Jesus, the Son of God, a great high priest who has passed into the highest heaven; let us, therefore, hold fast to the faith which we have professed.
WEBBE Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession.
WMBB Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Yeshua, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession.
NET Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
LSV Having, then, a great Chief Priest having passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—may we hold fast the profession,
FBV Since we have such a great high priest who has ascended to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us make sure we hold on to what we say we believe.
TCNT Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
T4T We have a great Supreme Priest who ascended through the heavens when he returned to God’s presence. He is Jesus, ◄God’s Son/the man who is also God►. So let us firmly profess what we believe about him.
LEB ¶ Therefore, because we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
BBE Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.
Moff As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession;
Wymth Inasmuch, then, as we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into Heaven itself, let us hold firmly to our profession of faith.
ASV Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
DRA Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession.
YLT Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens — Jesus the Son of God — may we hold fast the profession,
Drby Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of [fn]God, let us hold fast the confession.
RV Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
(Having then a great high priest, who hath/has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.)
SLT Having therefore a great chief priest, passed to the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold firmly the assent.
Wbstr Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
KJB-1769 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
KJB-1611 Seeing then that wee haue a great high Priest, that is passed into the heauens, Iesus the Sonne of God, let vs hold fast our profession.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
Bshps Seyng then that we haue a great hye priest, which is entred into heauens, Iesus the sonne of God, let vs holde faste the confession.
(Seeing then that we have a great high priest, which is entered into heavens, Yesus/Yeshua the son of God, let us hold fast the confession.)
Gnva Seeing then that wee haue a great hie Priest, which is entred into heauen, euen Iesus the Sonne of God, let vs holde fast our profession.
(Seeing then that we have a great high Priest, which is entered into heaven, even Yesus/Yeshua the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.)
Cvdl Seynge then that we haue a greate hye prest, eue Iesus ye sonne of God, which is entred in to heauen, let vs holde oure profession.
(Seeing then that we have a great high priest, eve/even Yesus/Yeshua ye/you_all son of God, which is entered in to heaven, let us hold our profession.)
TNT Seynge then that we have a great hye prest whych is entred into heven (I meane Iesus the sonne of God) let vs holde oure profession.
(Seeing then that we have a great high priest whych is entered into heaven (I mean Yesus/Yeshua the son of God) let us hold our profession.)
Wycl Therfor we that han a greet bischop, that perside heuenes, Jhesu, the sone of God, holde we the knoulechyng of oure hope.
(Therefore we that have a great bishop/high-priest, that perside heavens, Yhesu, the son of God, hold we the acknowledging of our hope.)
Luth Dieweil wir denn einen großen Hohenpriester haben, JEsum, den Sohn Gottes, der gen Himmel gefahren ist, so lasset uns halten an dem Bekenntnis.
(Meanwhile we/us because/than a large high_priest have, Yesum, the son God’s, the/of_the to/toward heaven driven is, so let us/to_us/ourselves hold/keep at/to to_him Bekenntnis.)
ClVg Habentes ergo pontificem magnum qui penetravit cælos, Jesum Filium Dei, teneamus confessionem.[fn]
(Having therefore the_priest magnum who/which penetrated the_skies/heavens, Yesus Son of_God, teneamus confession.)
SR-GNT Ἔχοντες οὖν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν, διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανούς, ˚Ἰησοῦν, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας. ‡
UGNT ἔχοντες οὖν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν, διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανούς, Ἰησοῦν, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας.
SBL-GNT Ἔχοντες οὖν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανούς, Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας·
RP-GNT Ἔχοντες οὖν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν, διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανούς, Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας.
TC-GNT Ἔχοντες οὖν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανούς, Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας.