Hebrews 12:26

Hebrews 12:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."
• New King James Version (NKJV)whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also.”

Context of Hebrews 12:26

24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 25See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. 28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,

Hebrews 12:26 word by word

οὗ ἡ φωνὴ τὴν γῆν ἐσάλευσεν τότε, νῦν δὲ ἐπήγγελται λέγων· ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω οὐ μόνον τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν οὐρανόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whoseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• voiceὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• shookσαλεύωsaleuō · to shakeG4531
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• butδέde · thenG1161
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• he hath promisedἐπαγγέλλωepaggellō · to professG1861
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• onceἅπαξhapax · onceG530
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• shakeσείωseiō · to shakeG4579
• notοὐou · noG3756
• onlyμόνονmonon · onlyG3440
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772

Cross-references for Hebrews 12:26

• Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.
• Psalms 114:6Why, mountains, did you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs?
• Habakkuk 3:10the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
• Hebrews 12:27The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
• Isaiah 2:19People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
• Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.
• Joel 3:16The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
• Haggai 2:6“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

Commentaries on Hebrews 12:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Whose voice then shook the earth - Namely, at the giving of the law on Mount Sinai; and from this it seems that it was the voice of Jesus that then shook the earth, and that it was he who came down on the mount. But others refer this simply to God the Father giving the law. Not the earth only, but also heaven - Probably referring to the approaching destruction of Jerusalem, and the total abolition of the political and ecclesiastical constitution of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Whose voice then shook the earth - When he spake at Mount Sinai. The meaning is, that the mountain and the region around quaked; Exodus 19:18. The “voice” here referred to is that of God speaking from the holy mount. But now hath he promised, saying - The words here quoted are taken from Haggai 2:6, where they refer to the changes which would take place under the Messiah. The meaning is, that there would be great revolutions in his coming, “as if” the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church state was formed, was a mount such as might be touched, though forbidden to be so, a place that could be felt; so the Mosaic dispensation was much in outward and earthly things. The gospel state is kind and condescending, suited to our weak frame. Under the gospel all may come with boldness to God's presence. But the most holy must despair, if judged by the holy law given from Sinai, without a Saviour…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27shook the earth: Exodus 19:18; Judges 5:5; Psalms 68:8; 77:18. “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well”: This quote from Haggai 2:6 highlights that all of creation will be shaken and removed during the final judgment at the end of time (1 Corinthians 7:31; 2 Peter 3:10, 12; Revelation 21:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. then shook--when He gave the law on Sinai. now--under the Gospel. promised--The announcement of His coming to break up the present order of things, is to the ungodly a terror, to the godly a promise, the fulfilment of which they look for with joyful hope. Yet once more--Compare Notes, see on Hag 2:6; Hag 2:21, 22, both of which passages are condensed into one here. The shaking began at the first coming of Messiah; it will be completed at His second…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 12:26

• Earthquakes
• Escape
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions

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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