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Hebrews 3:12
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KJ21
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
ASV
Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
AMP
Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.
AMPC
[Therefore beware] brethren, take care, lest there be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to cleave to, trust in, and rely on Him], leading you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living God.
BRG
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
CSB
Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
CSBA
Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
CEB
Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that none of you have an evil, unfaithful heart that abandons the living God.
CJB
Watch out, brothers, so that there will not be in any one of you an evil heart lacking trust, which could lead you to apostatize from the living God!
CEV
My friends, watch out! Don't let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God.
DARBY
See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from [the] living God.
DLNT
Be watching-out, brothers, so that there will not-ever be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.
DRA
Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God.
ERV
So, brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has the evil thoughts that cause so much doubt that you stop following the living God.
EASY
So be careful, my Christian friends. Do not refuse to trust God. That would be a very bad thing to do. Do not turn away from the God who lives for ever.
EHV
Watch out, brothers, so that there is not an evil, unbelieving heart in any of you that turns away from the living God.
ESV
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
ESVUK
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
EXB
So brothers and sisters, ·be careful [see to it] that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that will ·turn you away from [desert; forsake] the living God.
GNV
Take heed brethren, lest at any time there be in any of you an evil heart, and unfaithful, to depart away from the living God.
GW
Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you ever develop a wicked, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
GNT
My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God.
HCSB
Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.
ICB
So brothers, be careful that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart. This will stop you from following the living God.
ISV
See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.
PHILLIPS
You should therefore be most careful, my brothers, that there should not be in any of you that wickedness of heart which refuses to trust, and deserts the cause of the living God. Help each other to stand firm in the faith every day, while it is still called “today”, and beware that none of you becomes deaf and blind to God through the delusive glamour of sin. For we continue to share in all that Christ has for us so long as we steadily maintain until the end the trust with which we began. These words are still being said for our ears to hear: ‘Today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion’.
JUB
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unfaithfulness, to depart from the living God.
KJV
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
AKJV
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
LSB
See to it brothers, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
LEB
Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, with the result that you fall away from the living God.
TLB
Beware then of your own hearts, dear brothers, lest you find that they, too, are evil and unbelieving and are leading you away from the living God.
MSG
So watch your step, friends. Make sure there’s no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. For as long as God’s still calling it Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn’t slow down your reflexes. If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul. These words keep ringing in our ears: Today, please listen; don’t turn a deaf ear as in the bitter uprising.
MEV
Be attentive, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, and you depart from the living God.
MOUNCE
Be careful, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
NOG
Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you ever develop a wicked, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
NABRE
Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God.
NASB
Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
NASB1995
Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
NCB
Take care, brethren, that none of you will ever have an evil and unbelieving heart that will cause you to forsake the living God.
NCV
So brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that will turn you away from the living God.
NET
See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.
NIRV
Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful heart. Do not let an unbelieving heart turn you away from the living God.
NIV
See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
NIVUK
See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
NKJV
Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;
NLV
Christian brothers, be careful that not one of you has a heart so bad that it will not believe and will turn away from the living God.
NLT
Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.
NMB
Take heed, brethren, that there be in none of you an evil heart in unbelief, that he should depart from the living God;
NRSVA
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
NRSVACE
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
NRSVCE
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
NRSVUE
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
NTFE
Take care, my dear family, that none of you should possess an evil and unbelieving heart, leading you to withdraw from the living God.
OJB
Beware, Achim b’Moshiach, lest there will be in any one of you a lev rah (evil heart) without Emunah, that turns away shmad from Elohim Chayyim.
RGT
Pay attention, brothers, lest at any time there be in any of you an evil and unfaithful heart, departing from the living God.
RSV
Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
RSVCE
Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
TLV
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God.
VOICE
Brothers and sisters, pay close attention so you won’t develop an evil and unbelieving heart that causes you to abandon the living God.
WEB
Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
WE
My brothers, take care that not one of you has a heart that does not believe. Such a heart will take you away from the living God.
WYC
Brethren, see ye, lest peradventure in any of you be an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God.
YLT
See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
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