Hebrews 6:8 Parallel Translations

However, if the earth produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

DBY:

but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end is to be burned.

ERV:

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

WEY:

But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire.

WBS:

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

WEB:

but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

YLT:

and that which is bearing thorns and briers is disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end is for burning;

Hebrews 6:8 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 3:17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.

Deuteronomy 29:22 "Now the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it, will say, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

6:7,8 For the earth... recevieth blessing from God. These two verses show that treatment depends on what kind of fruit is borne. God sends sunshine and rain on the earth. If it brings forth food for man, it is blessed. But if it brings forth thorns and briers, they are rejected. So God, who blesses our lives, and refreshes them with the Gospel, demands righteous fruit. If they bear thorns, the end is destruction.

WES:

6:8 That which beareth thorns and briers - Only or chiefly. Is rejected - No more labour is bestowed upon it. Whose end is to be burned - As Jerusalem was shortly after.

MHC:

6:1-8 Every part of the truth and will of God should be set before all who profess the gospel, and be urged on their hearts and consciences. We should not be always speaking about outward things; these have their places and use, but often take up too much attention and time, which might be better employed. The humbled sinner who pleads guilty, and cries for mercy, can have no ground from this passage to be discouraged, whatever his conscience may accuse him of. Nor does it prove that any one who is made a new creature in Christ, ever becomes a final apostate from him. The apostle is not speaking of the falling away of mere professors, never convinced or influenced by the gospel. Such have nothing to fall away from, but an empty name, or hypocritical profession. Neither is he speaking of partial declinings or backslidings. Nor are such sins meant, as Christians fall into through the strength of temptations, or the power of some worldly or fleshly lust. But the falling away here mentioned, is an open and avowed renouncing of Christ, from enmity of heart against him, his cause, and people, by men approving in their minds the deeds of his murderers, and all this after they have received the knowledge of the truth, and tasted some of its comforts. Of these it is said, that it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance. Not because the blood of Christ is not sufficient to obtain pardon for this sin; but this sin, in its very nature, is opposite to repentance and every thing that leads to it. If those who through mistaken views of this passage, as well as of their own case, fear that there is no mercy for them, would attend to the account given of the nature of this sin, that it is a total and a willing renouncing of Christ, and his cause, and joining with his enemies, it would relieve them from wrong fears. We should ourselves beware, and caution others, of every approach near to a gulf so awful as apostacy; yet in doing this we should keep close to the word of God, and be careful not to wound and terrify the weak, or discourage the fallen and penitent. Believers not only taste of the word of God, but they drink it in. And this fruitful field or garden receives the blessing. But the merely nominal Christian, continuing unfruitful under the means of grace, or producing nothing but deceit and selfishness, was near the awful state above described; and everlasting misery was the end reserved for him. Let us watch with humble caution and prayer as to ourselves.

CONC:

Beareth Bearing Bears Briars Briers Bringing Burned Burning Close Considered Curse Cursed Cursing Danger Destroyed Disapproved Ends Evil Fire Forth Mass Nigh Plants Ready Rejected Sends Thistles Thorns Worthless Yields

Beareth Bears Briers Burned Close Considered Curse Cursed Cursing Danger Destroyed End Ends Evil Fire Forth Found Mass Nigh Plants Produces Rejected Sends Thistles Thorns Use Worthless Yields

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