Hebrews 6:19
New International Version
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

New Living Translation
This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.

English Standard Version
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,

Berean Standard Bible
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Berean Literal Bible
which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and unshakable and entering into that within the veil,

King James Bible
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

New King James Version
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,

New American Standard Bible
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable and one which enters within the veil,

NASB 1995
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

NASB 1977
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

Legacy Standard Bible
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and confirmed and one which enters within the veil,

Amplified Bible
This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],

Christian Standard Bible
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.

American Standard Version
which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Which we have as an anchor that holds fast in our soul, which will not be moved, and has entered inside the veil,

Contemporary English Version
This hope is like a firm and steady anchor for our souls. In fact, hope reaches behind the curtain and into the most holy place.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within the veil;

English Revised Version
which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
We have this confidence as a sure and strong anchor for our lives. This confidence goes into the [holy] place behind the curtain

Good News Translation
We have this hope as an anchor for our lives. It is safe and sure, and goes through the curtain of the heavenly temple into the inner sanctuary.

International Standard Version
That hope, firm and secure like an anchor for our souls, reaches behind the curtain

Literal Standard Version
which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and entering into that within the veil,

Majority Standard Bible
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

New American Bible
This we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, which reaches into the interior behind the veil,

NET Bible
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

New Revised Standard Version
We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain,

New Heart English Bible
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the curtain;

Webster's Bible Translation
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail;

Weymouth New Testament
That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,

World English Bible
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil,

Young's Literal Translation
which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and entering into that within the vail,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Unchangeable Promise
18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged. 19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.…

Cross References
Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Leviticus 16:15
Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull's blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

Psalm 39:7
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Psalm 62:5
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Acts 23:6
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."

Romans 4:18
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be."


Treasury of Scripture

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil;

as an.

Acts 27:29,40
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day…

both.

Psalm 42:5,11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance…

Psalm 43:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 62:5,6
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him…

entereth.

Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 9:3,7
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; …

Hebrews 10:20,21
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; …

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Hebrews 6
1. He exhorts not to fall back from the faith;
11. but to be steadfast,
12. diligent, and patient to wait upon God;
13. because God is most sure in his promise.














(19) Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul.--A beautiful image, introduced for a moment only to set forth the security of the soul, though tossed by the waves of trouble. This symbol of hope, so familiar to us in Christian art, is not mentioned in the Old Testament, but is found in Greek proverbial sayings, and (it is said) appears on ancient coins.

Both sure and stedfast.--These words and the following may, indeed, form part of the figure; but more probably relate to the hope itself--a hope unfailing, firm, which entereth where no human sight can follow, even into the Most Holy Place, into heaven itself. The hope becomes personified, that the reader's thought may be led to Him who is Himself our hope.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
We have
ἔχομεν (echomen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

[this hope]
ἣν (hēn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

as
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

an anchor
ἄγκυραν (ankyran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 45: An anchor. From the same as agkale; an 'anchor'.

for the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

soul,
ψυχῆς (psychēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5590: From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely.

firm
ἀσφαλῆ (asphalē)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 804: (lit: unfailing), safe, reliable, trustworthy, certain, sure. Secure.

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

steadfast.
βεβαίαν (bebaian)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 949: Firm, steadfast, enduring, sure, certain. From the base of basis; stable.

It enters
εἰσερχομένην (eiserchomenēn)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

inner [sanctuary]
ἐσώτερον (esōteron)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative
Strong's 2082: Inner; with the article: the part that is within. Comparative of eso; interior.

[behind] the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

curtain,
καταπετάσματος (katapetasmatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2665: From a compound of kata and a congener of petomai; something spread thoroughly, i.e. the door screen in the Jewish Temple.


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