Parallel Verses
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;
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in 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.
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 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins -- being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated, 38 of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and in mountains, and in caves, and in the holes of the earth; 39 and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 18:4
and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water --
1 Kings 19:9
And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah is unto him, and saith to him, 'What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'
1 Samuel 22:1
And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;
1 Kings 18:13
'Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
1 Samuel 23:15
And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David is in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.
1 Samuel 23:19
And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desolate place?
1 Samuel 23:23
And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.'
1 Samuel 24:1-3
And it cometh to pass when Saul hath turned back from after the Philistines, that they declare to him, saying, 'Lo, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.'
1 Samuel 26:1
And the Ziphites come in unto Saul, at Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself in the height of Hachilah, on the front of the desert?'
1 Kings 14:12-13
And thou, rise, go to thy house; in the going in of thy feet to the city -- hath the lad died;
1 Kings 17:3
Go from this place; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that is on the front of the Jordan,
2 Kings 23:25-29
And like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him.
Psalm 142:1-7
An Instruction of David, a Prayer when he is in the cave. My voice is unto Jehovah, I cry, My voice is unto Jehovah, I entreat grace.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.