# Hebrews 2.2

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**Book:** [Hebrews](/codex/hebrews/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.
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> **2. For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;**
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> 3. how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard; 4. God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will. (Hebrews 2:1-4, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
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> **2. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;**
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> 3. how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard; 4. God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will? (Hebrews 2:1-4, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. <sup>let: Gr. run out as leaking vessels</sup>
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> **2. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;**
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> 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4. God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? <sup>gifts: or, distributions</sup> (Hebrews 2:1-4, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. Because of this it behoveth [us] more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,
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> **2. for if the word being spoken through messengers did become stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience did receive a just recompense,**
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> 3. how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving, to be spoken through the Lord, by those having heard was confirmed to us, 4. God also bearing joint-witness both with signs and wonders, and manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to His will. (Hebrews 2:1-4, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [G5218 - hypakoe](/codex/g5218-hypakoe/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.