38the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.


In Context

35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

36 Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.

37 They were stoned ; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated--

38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.

40 God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:38Of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, in mountains, and in dens, and in caved of the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:38(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caverns of the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:38of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and in mountains, and in caves, and in the holes of the earth;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.