16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright.


In Context

13 And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may go out of the way; but rather be healed.

14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness: without which no man shall see God.

15 Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder, and by it many be defiled.

16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright.

17 For know ye that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, although with tears he had sought it.

18 For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched, and a burning fire, and a whirlwind, and darkness, and storm,

Hebrews 12:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:16See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:16lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:16lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birth-right.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.