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Hebrews 8:11

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

KJV

καὶ οὐ μὴ διδάξωσιν ἕκαστος τὸν πολίτην αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, λέγων, γνῶθι τὸν κύριον, ὅτι πάντες εἰδήσουσίν με ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου αὐτῶν.

Greek NT

et non docebit unusquisque proximum suum, et unusquisque fratrem suum, dicens : Cognosce Dominum : quoniam omnes scient me a minore usque ad majorem eorum :

Vulgate

And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.

ASV

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying: Know the Lord. For all shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
διδάσκω
didasko
verb · 97×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μικρός
mikros
adjective · 42×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πολίτης
polites
noun · 4×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἕκαστος
ekastos
adjective · 84×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: μικροῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: μικροῦ | RP: + αὐτῶν
  • μικροῦSBLGNT
  • μικροῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210226.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 1John 2:20 — But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
  • 1John 2:27 — But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as i
  • 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
  • 2Chr 30:22 — And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the
  • Acts 8:10 — To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
  • Ezek 34:30 — Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Ezra 7:25 — And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teac
  • Hab 2:14 — For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
  • Isa 2:3 — And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Z
  • Isa 54:13 — And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
  • Jer 24:7 — And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
  • Jer 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: fo
  • John 6:45 — It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
  • John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
  • John 17:25 — O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
  • Ps 36:10 — O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
  • Titus 2:12 — Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;