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Galatians 4:27-29
New King James Version
Galatians 4:27-29
New King James Version
27 For it is written:
(A)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
28 Now (B)we, brethren, as Isaac was, are (C)children of promise. 29 But, as (D)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (E)even so it is now.
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Galatians 4:27-29
English Standard Version
Galatians 4:27-29
English Standard Version
27 For it is written,
(A)“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”
28 Now you,[a] brothers, (B)like Isaac, (C)are children of promise. 29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh (D)persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (E)so also it is now.
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Galatians 4:27-29
New American Standard Bible
Galatians 4:27-29
New American Standard Bible
27 For it is written:
“(A)Rejoice, infertile one, you who do not give birth;
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;
For the children of the desolate one are more numerous
Than those of the one who has a husband.”
28 And you, brothers and sisters, (B)like Isaac, are (C)children of promise. 29 But as at that time (D)the son who was born according to the flesh (E)persecuted the one who was born according to the Spirit, (F)so it is even now.
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Galatians 4:27-29
New International Version
Galatians 4:27-29
New International Version
27 For it is written:
“Be glad, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband.”[a](A)
28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(B) 29 At that time the son born according to the flesh(C) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.(D) It is the same now.
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- Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1
Galatians 4:27-29
King James Version
Galatians 4:27-29
King James Version
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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