Hebrews 12:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ For you understand that later on, when he wanted [to regain title to] his inheritance of the blessing, he was rejected (disqualified and set aside), for he could find no opportunity to repair by repentance [what he had done, no chance to recall the choice he had made], although he sought for it carefully with [bitter] tears. [Gen. 27:30-40.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought it diligently with tears.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ You know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he couldn’t find a way to change his heart and life, though he looked for it with tears.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.

Hebrews 12:17 Krydshenvisninger

Jeremiah 6:30

Refuse silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them.”

Matthew 7:23

And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’

Hebrews 6:8

But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing.