Hebrews 12:16 Parallel Translations

Make sure that no one commits sexual sin or is as concerned about earthly things as Esau was. He sold his rights as the firstborn son for a single meal.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

ASV:

lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

BBE:

And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.

DBY:

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;

ERV:

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

WEY:

lest there be a fornicator, or an ungodly person like Esau, who, in return for a single meal, parted with the birthright which belonged to him.

WBS:

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birth-right.

WEB:

lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

YLT:

lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,

Hebrews 12:16 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 25:33 And Jacob said, "First swear to me"; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

1 Timothy 1:9 realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:16 {11} Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
(11) We must shun immorality, and a profane mind, that is, such a mind as does not give God his due honour, which wickedness, how severely God will at length punish, the horrible example of Esau teaches us.

PNT:

12:16 Lest there [be] any fornicator. Of course such a sinner would not live the life of holiness enjoined.
Or profane person. A worldly person who profanes holy privileges by placing on them a worldly estimate.
As Esau. See Ge 25:27-30. He illustrates what is meant by a profane person.
Who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For a savory meal he bartered away a birthright bestowed by God. So any professing Christian who would sell his heavenly birthright for worldly advantages would be a profane person.

WES:

12:16 Esau was profane for so slighting the blessing which went along with the birth - right.

MHC:

12:12-17 A burden of affliction is apt to make the Christian's hands hang down, and his knees grow feeble, to dispirit him and discourage him; but against this he must strive, that he may better run his spiritual race and course. Faith and patience enable believers to follow peace and holiness, as a man follows his calling constantly, diligently, and with pleasure. Peace with men, of all sects and parties, will be favourable to our pursuit of holiness. But peace and holiness go together; there can be not right peace without holiness. Where persons fail of having the true grace of God, corruption will prevail and break forth; beware lest any unmortified lust in the heart, which seems to be dead, should spring up, to trouble and disturb the whole body. Falling away from Christ is the fruit of preferring the delights of the flesh, to the blessing of God, and the heavenly inheritance, as Esau did. But sinners will not always have such mean thoughts of the Divine blessing and inheritance as they now have. It agrees with the profane man's disposition, to desire the blessing, yet to despise the means whereby the blessing is to be gained. But God will neither sever the means from the blessing, nor join the blessing with the satisfying of man's lusts. God's mercy and blessing were never sought carefully and not obtained.

CONC:

Belonged Birthright Birth-right Esau Evil Exchange Fornication Fornicator Godless Immoral Inheritance Irreligious Lest Liver Meal Meat Mess Morsel Oldest Parted Plate Profane Respect Return Rights Sell Sexually Single Sold Ungodly

Belonged Birthright Birth-Right Esau Evil Food Fornicator Godless Immoral Inheritance Irreligious Meal Meat Morsel Oldest Parted Profane Respect Rights Sexually Single Sold Ungodly

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