Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
(men of whom the world was not worthy),
King James Version
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Holman Bible
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.
International Standard Version
The world wasn't worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and from caves to holes in the ground.
A Conservative Version
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
American Standard Version
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
Amplified
(people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and [living in] caves and holes in the ground.
An Understandable Version
(The world did not deserve such people). They wandered in deserts and mountains, [living] in caves and [even] holes in the ground.
Anderson New Testament
(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in caverns, and in dens of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
Common New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
Daniel Mace New Testament
(of whom the world was not worthy) they wandred in desarts, and in mountains, having no retreat but the dens and caves of the earth.
Darby Translation
(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caverns of the earth.
Godbey New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and caves and dens of the earth.
John Wesley New Testament
(Of whom the world was not worthy) they wandered in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) wandering about in solitary places, and mountains, and caves, and holes of the earth.
King James 2000
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground.
Modern King James verseion
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth.
Moffatt New Testament
(men of whom the world was not worthy), wanderers in the desert and among the hills, in caves and gullies.
NET Bible
(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.
New Heart English Bible
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
Noyes New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and caves and the clefts of the earth.
Sawyer New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains, and in caves and openings of the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Of whom the world, was not worthy - upon deserts, wandering, and mountains, and in caves, - and in the caverns of the earth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered up and down in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caverns of the earth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
men of whom the world was not worthy--roaming in lonely places, and on the mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
Webster
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Weymouth New Testament
They wandered across deserts and mountains, or hid themselves in caves and in holes in the ground.
Williams New Testament
men of whom the world was not worthy, though wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.
World English Bible
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
Worrell New Testament
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
Worsley New Testament
distressed, (of whom the world was not worthy) wandering in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and in mountains, and in caves, and in the holes of the earth;
Themes
Cave » Used as a dwelling » Saints
Caves » Were used as » Places of concealment
Dens » Used as places of refuge
Deserts » The persecuted fled to
Mountains » Afford refuge in time of danger
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
Topics
Interlinear
Planao
Word Count of 35 Translations in Hebrews 11:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
Examples Of Faith In Action
37 were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheep skins, in goat skins, in need, tribulation, and vexation, 38 which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, through faith, obtained good report, and received not the promise;
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 18:4
insomuch that when Jezebel destroyed the Prophets of the LORD, he took a hundred of the Prophets and hid them, fifty in one cave and fifty in another, and provided bread and water for them.
1 Kings 19:9
and entered there into a cave and lodged there all night. And then the word of the LORD came to him, and said, "What doest thou here, Elijah?"
1 Samuel 22:1
And David departed thence and escaped, and came unto the cave of Adullam. When his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went thither to him.
1 Kings 18:13
Was it not told my lord what I did, when Jezebel slew the Prophets of the LORD? How I hid a hundred of the LORD's Prophets, fifty in one cave and as many in another, and provided them of bread and water?
1 Samuel 23:15
And David saw that Saul was come out, to seek his life, while David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a thicket.
1 Samuel 23:19
Then came the Ziphites to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, "David hideth himself fast by us in strongholds that are in a thicket in the hill of Hachilah on the rightside of the wilderness.
1 Samuel 23:23
See therefore and know all the lurking places where he lurketh, and come again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you. And then if he be in the land, I will hunt him out with all the thousands of Judah.
1 Samuel 24:1-3
Then Saul was come again from the Philistines, it was told him, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi."
1 Samuel 26:1
After that came the Ziphites unto Saul to Gibeah saying, "David hideth himself in the hill of Hachilah even before the wilderness."
1 Kings 14:12-13
Up, and get thee to thine house, and as soon as thy foot enterest the city, the lad shall die.
1 Kings 17:3
"Get thee hence and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself in the brook Cherith that lieth before Jordan.
2 Kings 23:25-29
Like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any such.
Psalm 142:1-7
{The Instruction of David, a prayer when he was in the cave} I cry unto the LORD with my voice; yea, even unto the LORD do I make my supplication.
Isaiah 57:1
But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked,