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


In Context

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 11:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And all these being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:39And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:39These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:39and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: