14But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.


In Context

11 About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

12 For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

13 For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

14 But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Hebrews 5:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:14But strong meat is for the perfect; for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:14But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:14But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14But strong food belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.