Hebrews 11:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    These{G3778} all{G3956} died{G599} in{G2596} faith,{G4102} not{G3361} having received{G2983} the promises,{G1860} but{G235} having seen{G1492} them{G846} and{G2532} greeted{G782} them from afar,{G4207} and{G2532} having confessed{G3670} that{G3754} they were{G1526} strangers{G3581} and{G2532} pilgrims{G3927} on{G1909} the earth.{G1093}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    These{G3778} all{G3956} died{G599}{(G5627)} in{G2596} faith{G4102}, not{G3361} having received{G2983}{(G5631)} the promises{G1860}, but{G235} having seen{G1492}{(G5631)} them{G846} afar off{G4207}, and{G2532} were persuaded of{G3982}{(G5685)} them, and{G2532} embraced{G782}{(G5666)} them, and{G2532} confessed{G3670}{(G5660)} that{G3754} they were{G1526}{(G5748)} strangers{G3581} and{G2532} pilgrims{G3927} on{G1909} the earth{G1093}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And they all dyed in fayth and receaved not the promyses: but sawe them a farre of and beleved them and saluted them: and confessed that they were straungers and pilgrems on the erthe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    All these dyed acordinge to faith, and receaued not the promyses, but sawe the afarre off, and beleued them, and saluted them: and cofessed, that they were straungers & pilgrems vpo earth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    All these died in faith, and receiued not the promises, but sawe them a farre off, and beleeued them, and receiued them thankefully, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    These all dyed according to fayth, not hauing receaued the promises, but seing them a farre of, and beleuyng, and salutyng, and confessyng that they were straungers and pilgrimes on the earth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen{TR adds "and being convinced of"} them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted `them', and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
  • John 8:56 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
  • Gen 48:21 : 21 And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.
  • Gen 25:8 : 8 Then Abraham gave up the spirit and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
  • Gen 27:2-4 : 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I do not know the day of my death: 3 Now therefore take, I ask you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me some venison; 4 And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.
  • Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
  • Gen 50:24 : 24 And Joseph said unto his brothers, I die, and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
  • Num 24:17 : 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
  • 1 Chr 29:14-15 : 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, and of Your own have we given You. 15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
  • Job 19:25 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that He shall stand at last on the earth;
  • Ps 119:19 : 19 I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
  • Matt 13:17 : 17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them.
  • John 12:41 : 41 These things Isaiah said when he saw his glory and spoke of him.
  • Rom 4:21 : 21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.
  • Rom 8:24 : 24 For we are saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
  • Eph 2:19 : 19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God;
  • 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11 Searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating, when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which have now been reported to you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dearly beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;
  • 1 John 3:19 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
  • Gen 49:28 : 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 11:37-40
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    37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—

    38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

    39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

    40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

  • Heb 11:8-12
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    8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

    9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

    10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

    11 Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

    12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable.

  • Heb 11:14-19
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    14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

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

    16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

    17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

    19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

  • Heb 11:1-6
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    1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

    2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

    3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

    4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead still speaks.

    5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

    6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

  • Heb 13:13-14
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    13 Let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

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  • Heb 11:25-28
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    25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,

    26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

    27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

    28 Through faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

  • Heb 11:30-34
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    30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.

    31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

    32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:

    33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

    34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

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    12 That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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    23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;

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    15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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    8 Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

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    22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

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    6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief:

  • Heb 3:18-19
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    18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not believe?

    19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

  • Heb 10:36
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    36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6 But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

  • 1 Chr 29:15
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    15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

  • Rom 4:17
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    17 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

  • 1 Pet 2:11
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    11 Dearly beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

  • Heb 13:2
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    2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing so some have entertained angels without knowing it.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17 In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:

  • 1 Cor 10:11
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    11 Now all these things happened to them as examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.