Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Holman Bible
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels in festive gathering,
International Standard Version
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,
A Conservative Version
But ye have come to mount Zion, and to the city of a living God, a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of heavenly agents,
American Standard Version
but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
Amplified
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],
An Understandable Version
But you [Christians] have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. [Note: These terms describe people who have entered a spiritual relationship with God as part of the church]. [You have come] to a praise gathering of innumerable angels [Note: Christians are here pictured as assembled in worship of God, along with angels],
Anderson New Testament
But you have come to Mount Zion, and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels;
Bible in Basic English
But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
Common New Testament
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the joyful assembly
Daniel Mace New Testament
but you are come to mount Sion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable congress of angels, to the general assembly,
Darby Translation
but ye have come to mount Zion; and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels,
Godbey New Testament
but you have come to mount Zion, and to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the city of the living God, and to myriads of angels,
Goodspeed New Testament
But you have come up to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless angels,
John Wesley New Testament
But ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
Julia Smith Translation
But ye have come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
King James 2000
But you are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Lexham Expanded Bible
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels, to the festal gathering
Modern King James verseion
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But ye are come unto the mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the celestial Jerusalem: and to an innumerable sight of angels,
Moffatt New Testament
You have come to mount Sion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to myriads of angels in festal gathering,
Montgomery New Testament
On the contrary you are come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to innumerable hosts of angels,
New Heart English Bible
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
Noyes New Testament
but ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads, the general assembly of angels;
The Emphasized Bible
But ye have approached - unto Zion's mountain, and unto the city of a Living God, a heavenly Jerusalem, - and unto myriads of messengers,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
but ye are come unto mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Twentieth Century New Testament
No, but it is to Mount Zion that you have drawn near, the City of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,
Webster
But ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Weymouth New Testament
On the contrary you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the ever-living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,
Williams New Testament
But you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless hosts of angels,
World English Bible
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
Worrell New Testament
But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Worsley New Testament
but ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Youngs Literal Translation
But, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,
Themes
Church » City of the living God
Communion of saints » Is with » Saints in heaven
Covenant » The second covenant
new Dispensation » General references to
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Heaven/the heavens » The heavens being shaken
Heavenly » Home heavenly home the final dwelling place of the saints » Host
the Law of moses » Darkness, &c at giving of, illustrative of obscurity of mosaic dispensation
Mountains » Names of » Zion, or sion
Name » Whose names are written in heaven
Names » Of the church » Heavenly jerusalem
New » The keyword of Hebrews » Jerusalem
New » Creature dispensation » Superiority of the new dispensation over the old))
The Saved » Description of » Number referred to as many
Superiority of the new dispensation » General references to
the future » The inhabitants of heaven » A great host
Titles and names of the church » Heavenly of jerusalem
Titles and names of the church » Mount zion
Interlinear
Proserchomai
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 36 Translations in Hebrews 12:22
Images Hebrews 12:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
21 In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, "I shudder with fear." 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly 23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
Cross References
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Psalm 48:2
It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king.
Revelation 14:1
Then I looked, and here was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven -- and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.
Jude 1:14
Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying, "Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy city -- the new Jerusalem -- descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
Deuteronomy 5:26
Who is there from the entire human race who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived?
Deuteronomy 33:2
He said:The Lord came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.
Joshua 3:10
Joshua continued, "This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
2 Kings 19:4
Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'"
Psalm 2:6
"I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill."
Psalm 42:2
I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?"
Psalm 68:17
God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.
Psalm 84:2
I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
Psalm 87:3
People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)
Psalm 132:13-14
Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.
Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!"
Isaiah 14:32
How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.
Isaiah 51:11
Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.
Isaiah 51:16
I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, 'You are my people.'"
Isaiah 59:20
"A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds," says the Lord.
Isaiah 60:14
The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you, 'The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'
Jeremiah 10:10
The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
Daniel 6:26
I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. "For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.
Daniel 7:10
A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.
Hosea 1:10
However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!"
Joel 2:32
It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the Lord has promised; the remnant will be those whom the Lord will call.
Matthew 5:35
not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Romans 9:26
"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
Romans 11:26
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
Hebrews 10:31
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Hebrews 13:14
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
Revelation 3:12
The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), and my new name as well.
Revelation 5:11-12
Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand -- thousands times thousands --
Revelation 7:2
Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea:
Revelation 21:10
So he took me away in the Spirit to a huge, majestic mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.