1Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.


In Context

1 Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;

3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

Hebrews 2:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:1We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Therefore ought we more diligently to observe the things which we have heard, lest perhaps we should let them slip.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things we have heard, lest in any way we should slip away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1Because of this it behoveth us more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.