Hebrews Chapter 12 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Hebrews 12:3

For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
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BBE Hebrews 12:3

Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
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DARBY Hebrews 12:3

For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.
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KJV Hebrews 12:3

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
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WEB Hebrews 12:3

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.
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YLT Hebrews 12:3

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.
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Hebrews 12 : 3 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - For consider him that hath endured such contradiction of sinners against himself (or, of the sinners against him), lest ye be weary fainting in your souls. The word ἀντιλογία ("contradiction"), though strictly applicable to verbal gainsaying, and thus especially suggesting to our minds the blasphemies and false accusations against Christ, includes opposition of all kinds. It is used in the LXX. for "rebellion" (Hebrew, סְרַי), 2 Samuel 22:41; Proverbs 17:11, cf. Jude 1:11, τῇ ἀντιλογιᾴ τοῦ Κορέ. (Instead of εἰς ἑαυτόν (al. εἰς αὐτὸν) there is weighty manuscript authority for εἰς ἑαυτούς, equivalent to "against themselves.") "Lest ye be weary," etc., keeps in view the idea of getting tired in a race, the word ἐκλυεσθαι ("faint") being used primarily for corporeal, and figuratively for mental, lassitude (cf. Matthew 15:32, μήποτε ἐκλυθῶσι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) The figure of the race is still continued, "For unless ye thus look unto Jesus ye will grow weary."Consider.--Literally, compare; place your sufferings by the side of His.Him that endured such contradiction.--Rather, Him that hath endured such gainsaying from sinners against themselves. The word "gainsaying," (Hebrews 6:16; Hebrews 7:7) is so frequently used in the LXX. for the rebelliousness of the people of Israel, that we need not here limit it to contradiction in words. The change of "Himself" into "themselves" (the reading of the oldest MSS.) is important, but it is not easy to say with what the last two words should be joined; for the meaning may be either "sinners against themselves" (comp. Numbers 16:38), or "gainsaying against themselves," In either case the force of the words will be that the sin or the opposition manifested against Him was really against themselves, since it was for their salvation that He came upon earth. To all His other sorrows were added the pain of their ingratitude and His grief over their aggravated guilt.And faint.--Rather, fainting in your souls.