Hebrews 12:10 (YLT)

Passage

for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:8 and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

Hebrews 12:9 Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising <FI>us<Fi> , and we were reverencing <FI>them<Fi> ; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

Hebrews 12:10 for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

Hebrews 12:11 and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "indeed", "days", "seemed", "good", "chastening", "profit", "partakers", and "separation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "indeed" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Then indeed fathers of our flesh we..." into verse 11's "and all chastening for the present indeed...", so "indeed" and "days" 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 "indeed" and "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.