Hebrews 12:13

And make the drakhim straight for your feet, so that the ever (limb, member) which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather have refu'ah (healing).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

In Context

12Therefore, “Bring chizzuk to the weak hands and the feeble knees;” + 12:12 Isa 35:3

14Pursue shalom with kol Bnei Adam, and the kedushah without which no one will see Hashem.

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:26Ponder the ma'agal (path) of thy raglayim, 1 and let all thy drakhim be firm. 1

Isaiah 35:6Then shall the pisei'ach (lame) leap like the deer, 1 and the leshon (tongue) of the illem (the mute, the people unable to utter speech) sing for joy; 1 for in the midbar shall mayim break forth, 1 and streams in the Aravah. 1

Isaiah 40:3The voice of him that preacheth in the midbar: 1 Prepare ye the Derech Hashem, 1 make straight in the Aravah 1 a highway for Eloheinu. 1

Isaiah 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall rebuild the charevot olam (ancient ruins); 1 thou shalt raise up the mosedei dor vador (the foundations of many generations); 1 and thou shalt be called, Goder Peretz (Repairer of the Breach); 1 Meshovev Netivot Lashevet (Restorer of the Streets For Habitation). 1

Jeremiah 31:8They shall come with weeping, 1 and with techinnunim will I lead them back; 1 I will cause them to walk by the nachalei mayim (streams of water) 1 in a derech yashar (straight road), 1 wherein they shall not stumble; 1 for I am an Av to Yisroel, 1 and Ephrayim is My bechor. 1

Galatians 6:1Achim B'Moshiach, if indeed a man is overtaken in some averah, you ones with ruchniyus restore such a one in a spirit of anavah (meekness), watching out for yourself lest also you come under nisayon (temptation).

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:5-18

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father… Read the whole commentary →

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