Hebrews 8:11
9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
13 By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
- KJV
- And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
- WEB
- They will not teach every man his fellow citizen and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest.
- ASV
- And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.
- DARBY
- And they shall not teach each his fellow-citizen, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord; because all shall know me in themselves, from [the] little one [among them] unto [the] great among them.
- BLB
- And they shall not teach, each his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because all will know Me, from the small to the great of them,
- ÅB
- og de skal ikke lære hver sin landsmann og hver sin bror og si: Kjenn Herren! for de skal alle kjenne meg, fra den minste til den største iblant dem;
- OTB
- Og de skal ikke lære, hver sin neste,
og hver sin bror, og si: 'Kjenn Herren,'
for de skal alle kjenne meg,
fra den minste til den største blant dem. - B1930
- og de skal ikke lære hver sin landsmann og hver sin bror og si: Kjenn Herren! for de skal alle kjenne mig, fra den minste til den største iblandt dem;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 31:34
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
Read in contextIsaiah 54:13
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
Read in contextJohn 6:45
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
Read in context1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
Read in contextJeremiah 24:7
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
Read in context1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Read in contextActs 8:10
and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
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