| NETBible | These things may be treated as an allegory, 1 for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar. |
| NIV © |
These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. |
| NASB © |
This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar. |
| NLT © |
Now these two women serve as an illustration of God’s two covenants. Hagar, the slave–wife, represents Mount Sinai where people first became enslaved to the law. |
| MSG © |
This illustrates the very thing we are dealing with now. The two births represent two ways of being in relationship with God. One is from Mount Sinai in Arabia. |
| BBE © |
Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar. |
| NRSV © |
Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One woman, in fact, is Hagar, from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery. |
| NKJV © |
which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar–– |
| KJV | Which things <3748> are <2076> (5748) an allegory <238> (5746)_: for <1063> these <3778> are <1526> (5748) the two <1417> covenants <1242>_; the one <3391> <3303> from <575> the mount <3735> Sinai <4614>_, which gendereth <1080> (5723) to <1519> bondage <1397>_, which <3748> is <2076> (5748) Agar <28>_. {covenants: or, testaments} {Sinai: Gr. Sina} |
| NASB © |
This <3748> is allegorically <238> speaking <238> , for these <3778> women are two <1417> covenants <1242> : one <1520> proceeding from Mount <3735> Sinai <4614> bearing <1080> children <1080> who are to be slaves <1397> ; she is Hagar .<28> |
| NET [draft] ITL | These things may be treated as an allegory <238> , for these women <3778> represent two <1417> covenants <1242> . One <1520> is <1510> from <575> Mount <3735> Sinai <4614> bearing children <1080> for <1519> slavery <1397> ; this <3748> is <1510> Hagar .<28> |
| GREEK | atina <3748> R-NPN estin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3S allhgoroumena <238> (5746) V-PPP-NPN autai <3778> D-NPF gar <1063> CONJ eisin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3P duo <1417> A-NUI diayhkai <1242> N-NPF mia <1520> A-NSF men <3303> PRT apo <575> PREP orouv <3735> N-GSN sina <4614> N-PRI eiv <1519> PREP douleian <1397> N-ASF gennwsa <1080> (5723) V-PAP-NSF htiv <3748> R-NSF estin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3S agar <28> N-PRI |
| NETBible | These things may be treated as an allegory, 1 for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Grk “which things are spoken about allegorically.” Paul is not saying the OT account is an allegory, but rather that he is constructing an allegory based on the OT account. |