Hebrews 12:12
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Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees:

Hebrews 12:3,5 For think diligently upon him that endured such opposition from sinners against himself that you be not wearied, fainting in your minds. . . .

Job 4:3,4 Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands: . . .

Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.

Ezekiel 7:17 All hands shall be made feeble, and all knees shall run with water.

Ezekiel 21:7 And when they shall say to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt say: For that which I hear: because it cometh, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be made feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and water shall run down every knee: behold it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord God.

Daniel 5:6 Then was the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him: and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.

Nahum 2:10 She is destroyed, and rent, and torn: the heart melteth, and the knees fail, and all the loins lose their strength: and the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men.

Context
God Disciplines His Sons
11Now all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield to them that are exercised by it the most peaceable fruit of justice. 12Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees: 13And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may go out of the way; but rather be healed.…
Cross References
Psalm 109:24
My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.

Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.

Ezekiel 7:17
All hands shall be made feeble, and all knees shall run with water.

Zephaniah 3:16
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not: to Sion: Let not thy hands be weakened.

Lexicon
Therefore
Διὸ (Dio)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1352: Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently.

strengthen
ἀνορθώσατε (anorthōsate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 461: To make upright (straight) again, rear again, restore. From ana and a derivative of the base of orthos; to straighten up.

[your]
τὰς (tas)
Article - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

limp
παρειμένας (pareimenas)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3935: From para and hiemi; to let by, i.e. Relax.

hands
χεῖρας (cheiras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5495: A hand.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

weak
παραλελυμένα (paralelymena)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3886: To relax, enfeeble, weaken. From para and luo; to loosen beside, i.e. Relax.

knees.
γόνατα (gonata)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1119: The knee. Of uncertain affinity; the 'knee'.


Additional Translations
Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

Therefore lift up the drooping hands and enfeebled knees,

Why lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;

Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;

Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Therefore strengthen the drooping hands and paralysed knees,

Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;
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