Hebrews 12:12 (GNV)

Passage

Wherfore lift vp your hands which hang downe, and your weake knees,

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:10 For they verely for a few dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he chasteneth vs for our profite, that we might be partakers of his holinesse.

Hebrews 12:11 Now no chastising for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but, grieuous: but afterwarde, it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are thereby exercised.

Hebrews 12:12 Wherfore lift vp your hands which hang downe, and your weake knees,

Hebrews 12:13 And make straight steppes vnto your feete, lest that which is halting, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.

Hebrews 12:14 Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without the which no man shall see ye Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wherfore", "lift", "hands", "hang", "downe", "weake", and "knees". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wherfore" and "lift", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Now no chastising for the present seemeth..." into verse 13's "And make straight steppes vnto your feete...", so "wherfore" and "lift" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wherfore" and "lift" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.