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Galatians 4:25-27
International Standard Version
Galatians 4:25-27
International Standard Version
25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery along with her children. 26 But the heavenly Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our spiritual mother.[a] 27 For it is written,
“Rejoice, you childless woman,
who cannot give birth to any children!
Break into song and shout,
you who feel no pains of childbirth!
For the children of the deserted woman
are more numerous than the children
of the woman who has a husband.”[b]
Footnotes
- Galatians 4:26 Other mss. read the mother of us all
- Galatians 4:27 Isa 54:1
Galatians 4:25-27
New International Version
Galatians 4:25-27
New International Version
25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above(A) is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:
Footnotes
- Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1
Galatians 4:25-27
King James Version
Galatians 4:25-27
King James Version
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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.
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