Hebrews 12:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)18 [Unlike the Israelites at Mount Sinai] you [Christians] have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that burned with fire [See Ex. 19:12, 16-19; 20:18-21; Deut. 4:11]; to [a place of] darkness, gloom and wind; Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176918 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition18 For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a [material] mountain that can be touched, [a mountain] that is ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging storm, Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)18 For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible18 You haven’t drawn near to something that can be touched: a burning fire, darkness, shadow, a whirlwind, Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version18 But you have not drawn near to a tangible mountain, or a burning fire, or a whirlwind, or a mist, or a storm, Ver Capítulo |
For you did not receive the Holy Spirit, to enslave you again to fear, [Note: Some translators take “Holy Spirit” here to be “spirit,” making the verse say “you did not receive the spirit of slavery”], but you received the Holy Spirit [or, a spirit] by adoption [who produces] sonship, so we can call out, “Abba” [which means] “Father.”