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


In Context

13 and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;

14 peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

15 looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

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

17 for ye know that also afterwards, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was disapproved of, for a place of reformation he found not, though with tears having sought it.

18 For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright.

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 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.