The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame connected with the name of the Lord and came to test him with difficult questions.
Hebrews 5:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Concerning this we have much to say which is hard to explain, since you have become dull in your [spiritual] hearing and sluggish [even slothful in achieving spiritual insight]. American Standard Version (1901) Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing. Common English Bible We have a lot to say about this topic, and it’s difficult to explain, because you have been lazy and you haven’t been listening. Catholic Public Domain Version Our message about him is great, and difficult to explain when speaking, because you have been made feeble when listening. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of whom we have much to say, and hard to be intelligibly uttered: because you are become weak to hear. |
The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame connected with the name of the Lord and came to test him with difficult questions.
Make the minds of these people dull; deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed.
For this people’s heart has grown callous; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back – and I would heal them. ,
He said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
He asked this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.
For the hearts of these people have grown callous, their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them. ,
and he was declared by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.
He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.