Hebrews 11:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And truly, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come, they might have had opportunity to return.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} if{G1487} indeed{G3303} they had been mindful{G3421} of that{G1565} [country] from{G575} which{G3739} they went out,{G1831} they would have had{G2192} {G302} opportunity{G2540} to return.{G344}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} truly{G3303}, if{G1487} they had been mindful{G3421}{(G5707)} of that{G1565} country from{G575} whence{G3739} they came out{G1831}{(G5627)}, they might{G302} have had{G2192}{(G5707)} opportunity{G2540} to have returned{G344}{(G5658)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Also yf they had bene myndfull of that countre from whence they came oute they had leasure to have returned agayne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And doutles yf they had bene myndefull off that countre from whence they came out, they had leysure to haue returned agayne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And if they had bene mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Also yf they had ben myndfull of that countrey from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 24:6-8 : 6 Abraham said to him, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there. 7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's household and my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' will send His angel before you so that you can find a wife for my son there. 8 If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. But do not take my son back there."
  • Gen 12:10 : 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
  • Gen 11:31 : 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
  • Gen 31:18 : 18 He drove all his livestock and all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan Aram to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 32:9-9 : 9 He thought, 'If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp that is left will escape.' 10 Then Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, 11 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown to your servant. With only my staff, I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Heb 11:16
    82%

    16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

  • Heb 11:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13 All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

  • Heb 13:14
    71%

    14 For here we have no lasting city, but we eagerly seek the city that is to come.

  • Gen 43:10
    69%

    10 If we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice by now.”

  • Num 32:15
    68%

    15 If you turn away from following Him, He will abandon them again in the wilderness, and you will bring destruction on all these people."

  • Heb 4:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5 And again, in the same passage, "They shall not enter My rest."

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  • Heb 11:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

    10 For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

  • 2 Chr 6:37-38
    2 verses
    67%

    37 and they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, and we have acted wickedly.'

    38 And when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and they pray toward the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your name,

  • Jer 22:27
    67%

    27 You will never return to the land you long to go back to.

  • Heb 11:38-40
    3 verses
    67%

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

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    40 Since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

  • Ps 107:4
    66%

    4 They wandered in the wilderness, in a desolate place; they found no way to a city where they could settle.

  • Acts 7:39
    66%

    39 But our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 8:47-48
    2 verses
    66%

    47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly';

    48 and if they turn back to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You in the direction of the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name,

  • 1 Chr 16:19-20
    2 verses
    66%

    19 When you were few in number, a small group of strangers in the land,

    20 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

  • 2 Pet 2:21
    66%

    21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

  • Heb 6:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5 and who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age,

    6 if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace.

  • Deut 32:29
    65%

    29 If only they were wise and would understand this, they would comprehend their latter end.

  • Heb 12:17
    65%

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  • Job 34:27
    65%

    27 Because they turned away from following Him and did not regard any of His ways,

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    65%

    6 My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to wander on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and forgotten their resting place.

  • Ps 105:12-13
    2 verses
    65%

    12 When they were few in number, very few, and strangers in the land.

    13 They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

  • Ps 78:35
    65%

    35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their Redeemer.

  • 2 Chr 20:11
    65%

    11 'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.'

  • Heb 8:7
    65%

    7 If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one.

  • Heb 11:26
    64%

    26 He regarded the reproach for the sake of Christ as greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking forward to the reward.

  • Exod 13:17
    64%

    17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the country of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, 'If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.'

  • Heb 4:8
    64%

    8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

  • Num 13:19
    64%

    19 Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the towns they dwell in unwalled or fortified?

  • Deut 29:25
    64%

    25 They turned to other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them, gods they did not know and gods the LORD had not given to them.'

  • Jer 2:6
    64%

    6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

  • Heb 10:2
    64%

    2 Otherwise, wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having been cleansed once for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

  • 2 Chr 30:9
    64%

    9 If you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will be shown compassion by those who took them captive, and they will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.

  • Deut 9:28
    64%

    28 Otherwise, the land from which you brought us out will say, "The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."

  • Ps 78:42
    64%

    42 They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from their enemy,

  • Ps 78:39
    64%

    39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

  • Gen 15:14
    64%

    14 "But I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will come out with great wealth."

  • Heb 2:1
    64%

    1 Therefore, we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away.

  • 1 Pet 2:3
    63%

    3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

  • Hos 13:6
    63%

    6 As they were fed, they were satisfied; as they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and so they forgot me.