15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.


In Context

12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.

14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.

15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

16 Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,

Hebrews 11:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:15And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:15And truly if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they had doubtless time to return.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:15And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:15And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:15And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came, they might have had opportunity to return.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:15If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:15and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from where they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.