Galatians 4:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Galatians 4:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Galatians 4:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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Galatians 4:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate women have more children than her who has a husband.””
Galatians 4:27 — World English Bible
Galatians 4:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband. ”
Galatians 4:27 — American Standard Version
Galatians 4:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for it hath been written, `Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many <FI>are<Fi> the children of the desolate--more than of her having the husband.'”
Galatians 4:27 — Young's Literal Translation
Galatians 4:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than [those] of her that has a husband. ”
Galatians 4:27 — Darby Translation
Galatians 4:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, and cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.”
Galatians 4:27 — Geneva Bible
Galatians 4:27 in Context — Galatians 4
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.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
What Does Galatians 4:27 Mean?
Galatians 4:27 is a verse from the Book of Galatians, part of the New Testament. It appears in Galatians chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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