Devine Scripture

Hebrews 6:8

Hebrews chapter 6 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.7For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

v.8This passage

v.9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 31:40

    Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

  • Genesis 5:29

    and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.

  • Matthew 25:41

    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • Hebrews 12:17

    For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought it diligently with tears.

  • Deuteronomy 29:28

    and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.

  • Jeremiah 17:6

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.