Hebrews 5:11
9 And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
10 and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
12 Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
13 For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
- KJV
- Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
- WEB
- About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
- ASV
- Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.
- DARBY
- Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking [of it], since ye are become dull in hearing.
- BLB
- Concerning this [there is] much speech from us, and difficult in interpretation to speak, since you⁺ have become dull in hearing.
- ÅB
- Om dette har vi meget å si, som også er vanskelig å utlegge, ettersom dere er blitt trege til å høre.
- OTB
- Vi har mye å si om dette, men det er vanskelig å forklare, siden dere har blitt trege til å forstå.
- B1930
- Om dette har vi meget å si, som også er vanskelig å utlegge, eftersom I er blitt trege til å høre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:15
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Read in context2 Peter 3:16
He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Read in contextActs 28:27
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Read in contextJohn 16:12
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
Read in contextJohn 6:6
But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
Read in contextLuke 24:25
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Read in contextMark 8:21
Then He asked them, “Do you still not understand?”
Read in contextIsaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
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