Hebrews 13:17 
Context| NET © | Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. 1 Let them do this 2 with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you. |
| NIV © | Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you. |
| NASB © | Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you. |
| NLT © | Obey your spiritual leaders and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they know they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this joyfully and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for your benefit. |
| MSG © | Be responsive to your pastoral leaders. Listen to their counsel. They are alert to the condition of your lives and work under the strict supervision of God. Contribute to the joy of their leadership, not its drudgery. Why would you want to make things harder for them? |
| BBE © | Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you. |
| NRSV © | Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls and will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing—for that would be harmful to you. |
| NKJV © | Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | Obey <3982> your <5216> leaders <2233> and <2532> submit <5226> to them <846> , for <1063> they keep watch <69> over <5228> your <5216> souls <5590> and will give <591> an account <3056> for their work. Let them do <4160> this <5124> with <3326> joy <5479> and <2532> not <3361> with complaints <4727> , for <1063> this <5124> would be no advantage <255> for you .<5213> |
| NET © | Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. 1 Let them do this 2 with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “as ones who will give an account”; Grk “as giving an account.” 2 tn Grk “that they may do this.” |
