I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
Parallel translations
- KJV I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
- BSB I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
- NKJV I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;
- NASB I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able,
- NLT I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,
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Cross-references · 3
- Heb 5:11–14About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
- 1 Pet 2:2as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,
- John 16:12“I have yet many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
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