Galatians 4:25 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.”

Galatians 4:25 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Galatians 4:25 in 6 Bible Translations

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Galatians 4:25 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.”

Galatians 4:25 — World English Bible

Galatians 4:25 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.”

Galatians 4:25 — American Standard Version

Galatians 4:25 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now <FI>is<Fi> , and is in servitude with her children,”

Galatians 4:25 — Young's Literal Translation

Galatians 4:25 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which [is] now, for she is in bondage with her children; ”

Galatians 4:25 — Darby Translation

Galatians 4:25 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.”

Galatians 4:25 — Geneva Bible

Galatians 4:25 in Context — Galatians 4

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

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What Does Galatians 4:25 Mean?

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