Hebrews
King James Version (KJV)


“Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.”
King James Version (KJV)
12:16 Esau was profane for so slighting the blessing which went along with the birth - right.
Heb 12:16 Lest there [be] any fornicator. Of course such a sinner would not live the life of holiness enjoined. Or profane person. A worldly person who profanes holy privileges by placing on them a worldly estimate. As Esau. See Ge 25:27-30. He illustrates what is meant by a profane person. Who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For a savory meal he bartered away a birthright bestowed by God. So any professing Christian who would sell his heavenly birthright for worldly advantages would be a profane person.
Lest there bee any fornicatour, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsell of meat sold his birthright.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
that {there be} no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a {single} meal.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
lest `there be' any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
- Basic English Bible
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;
- Darby Bible
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
- English Revised Version
lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
- World English Bible