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Hebrews 6:8

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

KJV

ἐκφέρουσα δὲ ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους ἀδόκιμος καὶ κατάρας ἐγγύς, ἧς τὸ τέλος εἰς καῦσιν.

Greek NT

proferens autem spinas ac tribulos, reproba est, et maledicto proxima : cujus consummatio in combustionem.

Vulgate

but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

ASV

But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers is reprobate and very near unto a curse: whose end is to be burnt.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατάρα
katara
noun · 6×
καῦσις
kausis
noun · 1×
τέλος
telos
noun · 41×
τρίβολος
tribolos
noun · 2×
ἀδόκιμος
adokimos
adjective · 8×
ἄκανθα
akantha
noun · 14×
ἐγγύς
eggus
adverb · 30×
ἐκφέρω
ekphero
verb · 8×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
  • 2Sam 23:7 — But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
  • Deut 29:28 — And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
  • Gen 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sak
  • Gen 3:18 — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
  • Heb 10:27 — But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
  • Heb 12:17 — For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
  • Heb 12:17 — For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
  • Isa 5:1 — Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
  • Isa 27:4 — Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
  • Jer 44:22 — So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curs
  • John 15:6 — If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
  • Luke 13:7 — Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
  • Luke 13:9 — And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
  • Mal 4:6 — And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
  • Matt 3:10 — And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
  • Matt 7:19 — Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
  • Matt 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Prov 24:31 — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
  • Rom 6:21 — What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.