Hebrew 12:12

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܡܶܛܽܠ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܐܺܝܕ݂ܰܝܟ݁ܽܘܢ ܡܫܰܪܝܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܘܒ݂ܽܘܪܟ݁ܰܝܟ݁ܽܘܢ ܪܳܥܠܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܫܰܪܰܪܘ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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Hebrews 12:3, Hebrews 12:5, Job 4:3, Job 4:4, Isaiah 35:3, Ezekiel 7:17, Ezekiel 21:7, Daniel 5:6, Nahum 2:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:12 - stayed up his hands Leviticus 11:22 - General Deuteronomy 20:3 - let not Deuteronomy 22:4 - thou shalt surely 1 Samuel 17:32 - Let 1 Samuel 23:16 - strengthened Ezra 10:4 - be of good Nehemiah 6:9 - Their hands Job 35:15 - in great Job 42:11 - they bemoaned Psalms 31:24 - Be of Psalms 109:24 - knees Psalms 119:50 - This Jeremiah 31:8 - them the Ezekiel 34:4 - diseased Micah 4:6 - will I Zephaniah 3:16 - be said Matthew 12:20 - bruised Luke 3:5 - and the crooked Luke 22:32 - strengthen John 11:28 - and called John 14:1 - not John 21:15 - lambs Acts 18:23 - strengthening Acts 20:35 - how that 2 Corinthians 1:4 - that 2 Corinthians 2:7 - ye Colossians 3:16 - teaching 1 Thessalonians 4:18 - Wherefore Hebrews 13:22 - suffer James 5:19 - and one

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down,.... These words may be considered as spoken to the Hebrews, with respect to themselves; accordingly, the Syriac version reads, "your hands", and "your knees"; who were sluggish, and inactive in prayer, in hearing the word, in attendance on ordinances, in holding fast their profession, and in the performance of those things which adorn it; they were weary and fatigued with weights and burdens of sins and afflictions; and were faint, fearful, and timorous, through distrust of the promised good, because of their persecutions, being in present distress, and in a view of approaching danger, with which they might be surprised, as well as affected with their present afflictions: and then the exhortation to "lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees", is to be active in every duty; to be courageous against every enemy: to bear patiently every burden; to take heart, and be of good cheer under every afflictive providence: or else they may be considered as an exhortation to them with respect to others, which seems to be most agreeable to

Isaiah 35:3 from whence they are taken; and then what is signified in them is done by sympathizing with persons in distress; by speaking comfortably to them, and by bearing their burdens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore - In view of the facts which have been now stated - that afflictions are sent from God, and are evidences of his paternal watchfulness.

Lift up the hands which hang down - As if from weariness and exhaustion. Renew your courage; make a new effort to bear them. The hands fall by the side when we are exhausted with toil, or worn down by disease; see the notes on Isaiah 35:3, from which place this exhortation is taken.

And the feeble knees - The knees also become enfeebled by long effort, and tremble as if their strength were gone. Courage and resolution may do much, however, to make them firm, and it is to this that the apostle exhorts those to whom he wrote. They were to make every effort to bear up under their trials. The hope of victory will do much to strengthen one almost exhausted in battle; the desire to reach home invigorates the frame of the weary traveler. So it is with the Christian. In persecution, and sickness, and bereavement, he may be ready to sink under his burdens. The hands fall, and the knees tremble, and the heart sinks within us. But confidence in God, and the hope of heaven, and the assurance that all this is for our good, will reinvigorate the enfeebled frame, and enable us to bear what we once supposed would crush us to the dust. A courageous mind braces a feeble body, and hope makes it fresh for new conflicts.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 12:12. Wherefore lift up the hands — The apostle refers to Isaiah 35:3. The words are an address to persons almost worn out with sickness and fatigue, whose hands hang down, whose knees shake, and who are totally discouraged. These are exhorted to exert themselves, and take courage, with the assurance that they shall infallibly conquer if they persevere.