Hebrews 12:13

Hebrews 12:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
• New International Version (NIV)“Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Context of Hebrews 12:13

11All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. 12Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. 14Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. 15See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

Hebrews 12:13 word by word

καὶ τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιεῖτε τοῖς ποσὶν ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ, ἰαθῇ δὲ μᾶλλον.Read the interlinear

• makeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• straightὀρθόςorthos · uprightG3717
• pathsτροχιάtrochia · trackG5163
• for your feetπούςpous · footG4228
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• which is lameχωλόςchōlos · lameG5560
• may not be putἐκτρέπωektrepō · to turn/wander awayG1624
• but ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
• be healedἰάομαιiaomai · to healG2390

Cross-references for Hebrews 12:13

• Proverbs 4:26Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established.
• Isaiah 35:3Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble.
• Isaiah 40:3A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
• Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, In paths they do not know I will guide them. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will not leave them undone.”
• Isaiah 58:12Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.
• Jeremiah 18:15For My people have forgotten Me, They burn incense to worthless gods And they have stumbled from their ways, From the ancient paths, To walk in bypaths, Not on a highway,
• Luke 3:5Every ravine will be filled, And every mountain and hill will be brought low; The crooked will become straight, And the rough roads smooth;
• Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness And streams in the Arabah.
• Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I am bringing them from the north country, And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great company, they will return here.
• Galatians 6:1Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
• Jude 1:22And have mercy on some, who are doubting;

Commentaries on Hebrews 12:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Make straight paths for your feet - That is, Take the straight path that is before you, do not go in crooked or rough ways, where are stones, briers, and thorns, by which you will be inevitably lamed, and so totally prevented from proceeding in the way; whereas, if you go in the even, proper path, though you have been wounded by getting into a wrong way, that which was wounded will be healed by moderate, equal exercise, all impediments being removed. The…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13And make straight paths for your feet - Margin, “even.” The word used here means properly straight, in the sense of upright, erect; Acts 14:10; but it is used here in the sense of straight horizontally, that is, level, plain, smooth. The meaning is, that they were to remove all obstacles out of the way, so that they need not stumble and fail. There is probably an allusion here to Proverbs 4:25-27. “Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 A burden of affliction is apt to make the Christian's hands hang down, and his knees grow feeble, to dispirit him and discourage him; but against this he must strive, that he may better run his spiritual race and course. Faith and patience enable believers to follow peace and holiness, as a man follows his calling constantly, diligently, and with pleasure. Peace with men, of all sects and parties, will be favourable to our pursuit of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13The author, referring to Isaiah 35:3–8 and Proverbs 4:26, offers support to those who feel emotionally and spiritually drained. Isaiah 35 says God is always working to defeat his enemies and create a clear path for righteous people, so they will not stumble.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Quoted from Pr 4:26, Septuagint, "Make straight paths for thy feet." straight--that is, leading by a straight road to joy and grace (He 12:1, 2, 15). Cease to "halt" between Judaism and Christianity [Bengel]. paths--literally, "wheel tracks." Let your walk be so firm and so unanimous in the right direction that a plain track and "highway" may be thereby established for those who accompany and follow you, to perceive and walk in (Is 35:8) [Alford]…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 12:13

• Despondency
• Lameness
• Perseverance
• Straight

In the dictionaries

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• Bitterness
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• Cloud
• Contradiction
• Endure
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Commentaries on Hebrews 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings