HEB 13:14 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Yes, we don’t belong to any earthly city, but we wait for the new city that’s coming.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, red:negative.
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).

UST We should do that because, here on earth, we do not live in any city that will last forever. Rather, we desire to live in the city that God will soon give us.

BSB For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

BLB For here we do not have an abiding city, but we are seeking for the coming one.

AICNT for we do not have a city here that remains, but we are seeking the one to come.

OEB for here we have no permanent city, but are looking for the city that is to be.

WEBBE For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

LSV for we have no abiding city here, but we seek the coming one.

FBV For we don't have a permanent city to live in here, we're looking for the home that is still to come.

TCNT For here we do not have a lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

T4T Here on earth, we believers do not have a city such as Jerusalem where we must continually offer sacrifices [MET]. Instead, we are waiting for a future heavenly city that will last forever.

LEB For here we do not have a permanent city, but we seek the city that is to come.

BBE For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.

Moff No Moff HEB book available

Wymth For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.

ASV For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

DRA For we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come.

YLT for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;

Drby for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.

RV For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

Wbstr For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

KJB-1769 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

KJB-1611 [fn]For here haue we no continuing citie, but we seeke one to come.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

13:14 Mich.2.10

Bshps For here haue we no continuyng citie: but we seke one to come.
(For here have we no continuyng city: but we seek one to come.)

Gnva For here haue we no continuing citie: but we seeke one to come.
(For here have we no continuing city: but we seek one to come. )

Cvdl for here haue we no contynuynge cite, but we seke one to come.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

TNT For here have we no continuynge citie: but we seke one to come.
(For here have we no continuynge city: but we seek one to come. )

Wycl For we han not here a citee dwellynge, but we seken a citee to comynge.
(For we have not here a city dwelling, but we seek a city to coming.)

Luth Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Stadt, sondern die zukünftige suchen wir.
(Because we/us have hier no bleibende city, rather the zukünftige suchen wir.)

ClVg Non enim habemus hic manentem civitatem, sed futuram inquirimus.
(Non because habemus this manentem civitatem, but futuram inquirimus. )

UGNT οὐ γὰρ ἔχομεν ὧδε μένουσαν πόλιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐπιζητοῦμεν.
(ou gar eⱪomen hōde menousan polin, alla taʸn mellousan epizaʸtoumen.)

SBL-GNT οὐ γὰρ ἔχομεν ὧδε μένουσαν πόλιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐπιζητοῦμεν·
(ou gar eⱪomen hōde menousan polin, alla taʸn mellousan epizaʸtoumen;)

TC-GNT Οὐ γὰρ ἔχομεν ὧδε μένουσαν πόλιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐπιζητοῦμεν.
(Ou gar eⱪomen hōde menousan polin, alla taʸn mellousan epizaʸtoumen. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a reason or basis for the exhortation in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis. Alternate translation: [We should act that way, because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

μένουσαν πόλιν

remaining /a/_city

Here the author claims that there is lasting city on earth. Some scholars think that the author is speaking about how a specific city will not “last,” usually identifying either: (1) Rome, since Romans called it “the eternal city.” (2) Jerusalem, since the author spoke about a “heavenly Jerusalem” in the previous chapter. However, the author does not identify any city directly, so you should use a general term for a city in your language. Alternate translation: [any lasting town]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὧδε

here

Here, the word here refers to the world that believers currently live, that is, this earth before God “shakes” and “changes” everything (See: 12:25–29). If it would be helpful in your language, you could make where here indicates more explicit. Alternate translation: [here in this world]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

τὴν μέλλουσαν

the_‹city› coming

Here, the word one refers to a city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make what one refers to explicit. Alternate translation: [the city that is coming] or [the coming city]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὴν μέλλουσαν

the_‹city› coming

Here, the author directly implies that the city that is coming is the heavenly city, the new Jerusalem, which he already mentioned in 11:10, 16, 12:22–24. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make what city the author is referring to more explicit. Alternate translation: [the heavenly one that is coming] or [the coming heavenly Jerusalem]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

μέλλουσαν

coming

Here the author speaks as if the city were a person who could “come” or arrive at a destination. He means that believers will certainly and quickly receive this city, as surely as someone who is “coming” will soon arrive. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [that believers will receive soon] or [that we will certainly experience in the future]

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