Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted them, and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Holman Bible
These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance,
International Standard Version
All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.
A Conservative Version
All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.
American Standard Version
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Amplified
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
An Understandable Version
These people [all] continued to have faith until they died, [even though] they had not obtained [all] the things God had promised, but had [only] seen them and welcomed them from a distance. And they had confessed to being strangers and aliens on earth.
Anderson New Testament
All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. and having embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.
Bible in Basic English
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
Common New Testament
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
These all died in faith, without receiving what was promised, having only a distant view of what they eagerly expected, professing to live as strangers and pilgrims in the land.
Darby Translation
All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
Godbey New Testament
These all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off, and embracing them, and confessing that they are strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Goodspeed New Testament
All these people lived all their lives in faith, and died without receiving what had been promised; they only saw it far ahead and welcomed the sight of it, recognizing that they themselves were only foreigners and strangers here on earth.
John Wesley New Testament
All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and embraced them, and confest that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
According to faith died all these, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and been persuaded, and having embraced, and assented that they are strangers and newly arrived from a foreign country upon earth.
King James 2000
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming [them], and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth.
Modern King James verseion
These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Moffatt New Testament
(These all died in faith without obtaining the promises; they only saw them far away and hailed them, owning they were 'strangers and exiles upon earth.'
Montgomery New Testament
These all died in faith, not having yet received the promises; nay, but they saw them from afar, and hailed them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
NET Bible
These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
New Heart English Bible
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Noyes New Testament
These all died in faith, not having received the promised blessings, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and having professed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
Sawyer New Testament
All these died in faith not having received the promises, but having seen and saluted them from a distance, and having professed that they were foreigners and strangers on the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
In faith, all these died - not bearing away the promises, but, from afar, beholding and saluting them, and confessing that, strangers and sojourners, were they upon the land.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them at a great distance, though believing and embracing them, and confessing that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.
Twentieth Century New Testament
All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only aliens and strangers on the earth.
Webster
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Weymouth New Testament
All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth;
Williams New Testament
These people all died victoriously as a result of their faith, although they did not receive the blessings promised; that is, because they really saw them in the far-off future and welcomed them, and so professed to be only foreigners and strangers here on earth.
World English Bible
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Worrell New Testament
These all died according to faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
Worsley New Testament
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seen them from afar, and been persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
Themes
death » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates
the Death of saints » Is full of » Faith
Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates
Faith » Instances of » In the offering up of isaac
Faith » The objects of, are » Promises of God
Life » Lessons of » Pilgrimage, a
Man » Vanquished of the righteous » Faith illuminates
Obedience » Instances of » Abraham
spiritual Persuasion » Of the certainty of the divine promises
Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
characteristics of Pilgrims » Characteristics of
characteristics of Pilgrims » Acknowledged their faith
characteristics of Pilgrims » Had telescopic vision
characteristics of Pilgrims » Died in the faith
The righteous » Seed of death of » Faith illuminates
Self-denial » Becomes strangers and pilgrims
Spiritual » Renewal » Reputation
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the certainty of the divine promises
Topics
Interlinear
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Eido
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 11:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Examples Of Faith In Action
12 wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that is by the sea-shore -- the innumerable. 13 In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted them, and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth, 14 for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 23:4
A sojourner and a settler I am with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.
Genesis 47:9
And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, 'The days of the years of my sojournings are an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.'
John 8:56
Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'
Hebrews 11:27
by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;
Hebrews 11:39
and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,
Matthew 13:17
for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.
1 Peter 1:17
and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
Genesis 25:8
and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.
Genesis 27:2-4
And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;
Genesis 48:21
And Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;
Genesis 49:10
The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his is the obedience of peoples.
Genesis 49:18
For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!
Genesis 49:28
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.
Genesis 49:33
And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.
Genesis 50:24
And Joseph saith unto his brethren, 'I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'
Numbers 24:17
I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob, And a sceptre hath risen from Israel, And hath smitten corners of Moab, And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth.
1 Chronicles 29:14-15
yea, because, who am I, and who are my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee is the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee;
Job 19:25
That -- I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.
Psalm 119:19
A sojourner I am on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
John 12:41
these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
Romans 4:21
and having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do:
Romans 8:24
for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for it?
Ephesians 2:19
Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,
1 Peter 1:10-12
concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy,
1 John 3:19
and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,