Hebrews 4:12 
Context| NET © | For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. |
| NIV © | For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. |
| NASB © | For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. |
| NLT © | For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are. |
| MSG © | God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. |
| BBE © | For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart. |
| NRSV © | Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. |
| NKJV © | For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two–edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. |
| KJV | For <1063> the word <3056> of God <2316> and <2532> powerful <1756>_, and <2532> sharper <5114> than <5228> any <3956> twoedged <1366> sword <3162>_, even to <891> the dividing asunder <3311> of soul <5590> spirit <4151>_, of the joints <719> and <2532> marrow <3452>_, and <2532> [is] a discerner <2924> of the thoughts <1761> and <2532> intents <1771> of the heart <2588>_. |
| NASB © | For the word <3056> of God <2316> is living <2198> and active <1756> and sharper <5114> than <5228> any <3956> two-edged <1366> sword <3162> , and piercing <1338> as far <891> as the division <3311> of soul <5590> and spirit <4151> , of both <5037> joints <719> and marrow <3452> , and able <2924> to judge <2924> the thoughts <1761> and intentions <1771> of the heart .<2588> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | For <1063> the word <3056> of God <2316> is living <2198> and <2532> active <1756> and <2532> sharper <5114> than <5228> any <3956> double-edged <1366> sword <3162> , piercing <1338> even <2532> to <891> the point of dividing <3311> soul <5590> from spirit <4151> , and <2532> joints <719> from marrow <3452> ; it is able to judge <2924> the desires <1761> and <2532> thoughts <1771> of the heart .<2588> |
| NET © | For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. |
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