Galatians 4:24

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 © biblegateway Gal 4:24	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 © biblegateway Gal 4:24	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 © biblegateway Gal 4:24	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 © biblegateway Gal 4:24	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 © SABDAweb Gal 4:24	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 © bibleoremus Gal 4:24	Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One woman, in fact, is Hagar, from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery.
NKJV © biblegateway Gal 4:24	which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar––
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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 © biblegateway Gal 4:24	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 estin gar eisin diayhkai mia men apo orouv sina eiv douleian gennwsa estin


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	¹tn 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.