Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

King James Version

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Holman Bible

If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.

International Standard Version

If they had been thinking about what they had left behind, they would have had an opportunity to go back.

A Conservative Version

And if indeed they remembered that from which they came out, they would have had time to return.

American Standard Version

And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Amplified

And if they had been thinking of that country from which they departed [as their true home], they would have had [a continuing] opportunity to return.

An Understandable Version

And indeed, if they had remembered [with longing] the country they had left, they would have had the opportunity to return to it.

Anderson New Testament

And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came, they could have had an opportunity to return.

Bible in Basic English

And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.

Common New Testament

And if they had been thinking of that country from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Daniel Mace New Testament

and truly, if that had been in their view, they might have had an opportunity of returning to the place from whence they came.

Darby Translation

And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;

Godbey New Testament

If indeed they remember that country from which they came out, they would have had an opportunity to return;

Goodspeed New Testament

And if it had been the country from which they had come to which their thoughts turned back, they would have found an opportunity to return to it.

John Wesley New Testament

And truly if they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to return.

Julia Smith Translation

And truly if they remembered that from which they came out, they had time to have returned.

King James 2000

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And if they remember that [land] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Modern King James verseion

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Also, if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they came out, they had leisure to have returned again.

Moffatt New Testament

If they thought of the land they have left behind, they would have time to go back,

Montgomery New Testament

And if they had cherished the memory of that land from which they went out, they would have found an opportunity to return;

NET Bible

In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

New Heart English Bible

If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

Noyes New Testament

And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return;

Sawyer New Testament

And if they had remembered that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return;

The Emphasized Bible

And, if indeed of that they had been mindful, from which they had come out, they might, in that case, have had an opportunity, to return;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And if indeed they had fixed their minds on that from whence they had gone forth, they might have had opportunity to go back to it again.

Twentieth Century New Testament

If they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they could have found opportunities to return.

Webster

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came, they might have had opportunity to return.

Weymouth New Testament

And if they had cherished the remembrance of the country they had left, they would have found an opportunity to return;

Williams New Testament

And if they had been cherishing the memory of the country they had left, they would have had an opportunity to go back.

World English Bible

If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

Worrell New Testament

And, if, indeed, they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Worsley New Testament

and if they had been mindful of that from which they came, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Youngs Literal Translation

and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

μέν 
men 
indeed, verily, truly, not tr,
Usage: 63

if
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

μνημονεύω 
Mnemoneuo 
Usage: 13

of that
ἐκεῖνος 
Ekeinos 
that, those, he, the same, they,
Usage: 148

ἀπό 
Apo 
from, of, out of, for, off, by, at, in, since 9, on, not tr., .
Usage: 490

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

ἐξέρχομαι 
Exerchomai 
go out, come, depart, go, go forth, come out, come forth,
Usage: 164

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

καιρός 
Kairos 
Usage: 63

Context Readings

Examples Of Faith In Action

14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 15 And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.

Cross References

Genesis 24:6-8

Then Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there!

Genesis 11:31

Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there.

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 31:18

and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had gathered, his acquired livestock which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

Genesis 32:9-11

Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will prosper you,’

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