Hebrews 13:5

“Let your conduct be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for he himself has said: I will never leave you, nor will I ever abandon you.”

Hebrews 13:5 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Deuteronomy 31:6

Go to Deuteronomy 31:6

Deuteronomy 31:6 and 31:8 say these words in the third person (“he will not let you go or abandon you”); in the first person they are in Joshua 1:5.

Formula: αὐτὸς γὰρ εἴρηκεν “for he himself has said” (Hebrews 13:5)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἀφιλάργυρος ὁ τρόπος ἀρκούμενοι τοῖς παροῦσιν αὐτὸς γὰρ εἴρηκεν Οὐ μή σε ἀνῶ οὐδ’ οὐ μή σε ἐγκαταλίπω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): חִזְקוּ וְאִמְצוּ אַל תִּירְאוּ וְאַל תַּעַרְצוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא הַהֹלֵךְ עִמָּךְ לֹא יַרְפְּךָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶךָּ

This passage could not be located with certainty in the transcription of the Septuagint we use, so it is not compared.

Quotation · Joshua 1:5

Go to Joshua 1:5

In Joshua 1:5 YHWH says it in the first person, as in Hebrews: “I will not let you go or abandon you.”

Formula: αὐτὸς γὰρ εἴρηκεν “for he himself has said” (Hebrews 13:5)

See the original texts

Greek of the New Testament: ἀφιλάργυρος ὁ τρόπος ἀρκούμενοι τοῖς παροῦσιν αὐτὸς γὰρ εἴρηκεν Οὐ μή σε ἀνῶ οὐδ’ οὐ μή σε ἐγκαταλίπω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא יִתְיַצֵּב אִישׁ לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי עִם מֹשֶׁה אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ לֹא אַרְפְּךָ וְלֹא אֶעֶזְבֶךָּ

This passage could not be located with certainty in the transcription of the Septuagint we use, so it is not compared.

Hebrews 13:5, word by word

your conductτρόποςtropos

way, manner

Way, manner; manner of life, character.

Where else “tropos” appears
free from the love of moneyἀφιλάργυροςaphilargyros

not money-loving

Not a lover of money.

Where else “aphilargyros” appears
being contentἀρκούμενοιarkoumenoi

be content

To be satisfied with what one has.

Where else “arkoumenoi” appears
with what you haveπαροῦσινparousin

what is present

What there is now, the present moment.

Where else “parousin” appears
has saidεἴρηκενeirēken

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “eirēken” appears
leaveἀνῶanō

leave

To desert someone, go away from them.

Where else “anō” appears
abandonἐγκαταλίπωenkatalipō

forsake

To leave someone alone, turn one's back on them.

Where else “enkatalipō” appears

Translation note

This recalls Deuteronomy 31:6 and Joshua 1:5.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Deuteronomy 31:6

Deuteronomy 31:6 and 31:8 say these words in the third person (“he will not let you go or abandon you”); in the first person they are in Joshua 1:5.

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Hebrews 13:5

5Let your conduct be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for he himself has said: I will never leave you, nor will I ever abandon you.

Deuteronomy 31:6

6Be strong and firm; do not fear and do not be terrified before them, for YHWH your Elohim, he is the one who goes with you; he will not let go of you or forsake you.”

Quotation · Joshua 1:5

In Joshua 1:5 YHWH says it in the first person, as in Hebrews: “I will not let you go or abandon you.”

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Hebrews 13:5

5Let your conduct be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for he himself has said: I will never leave you, nor will I ever abandon you.

Joshua 1:5

5No man shall stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, I will be with you; I will not let you go or abandon you.

The context

4Let marriage be honored among all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

5 · This verse (above)

6So we say with confidence: The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What will a human being do to me?

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