Hebrews 11:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death as a symbol.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    accounting{G3049} that{G3754} God{G2316} [is] able{G1415} to raise{G1453} up,{G1453} even{G2532} from{G1537} the dead;{G3498} from whence{G3606} he did also{G2532} in{G1722} a figure{G3850} receive{G2865} him{G846} back.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Accounting{G3049}{(G5666)} that{G3754} God{G2316} was able{G1415} to raise him up{G1453}{(G5721)}, even{G2532} from{G1537} the dead{G3498}; from whence{G3606} also{G2532} he received{G2865}{(G5668)} him{G846} in{G1722} a figure{G3850}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    for he cosidered that God was able to rayse vp agayne fro deeth. Wherfore receaved he him for an ensample.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For he considered, yt God was able to rayse vp agayne from the deed. Therfore receaued he him for an ensample.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For he considered that God was able to raise him vp euen from the dead: from whence he receiued him also after a sort.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For he considered that God was able to rayse the dead vp agayne, fro whence also he receaued hym in a similitude of the resurrection.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive `him'.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    accounting that God `is' able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    accounting that God [is] able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 4:17-21 : 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. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. 21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.
  • Gen 22:13 : 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
  • Matt 9:28 : 28 And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.
  • Gen 22:4-5 : 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey; and I and the boy will go over there and worship, and come again to you.
  • Rom 5:14 : 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of him who was to come.
  • Eph 3:20 : 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • Heb 11:11-12 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 11:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    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,'

  • Heb 11:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

    21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

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

  • Rom 4:16-22
    7 verses
    72%

    16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    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.

    18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

    19 And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

    20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

    21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

    22 And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

  • Heb 11:8-13
    6 verses
    72%

    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.

    13 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.

  • Heb 11:2-6
    5 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Gal 3:6
    71%

    6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 15:6
    70%

    6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Luke 20:37
    70%

    37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in the bush passage, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

  • Acts 13:30
    70%

    30 But God raised him from the dead:

  • Heb 11:39
    69%

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

  • Heb 7:6
    69%

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

  • 1 Pet 1:21
    69%

    21 Who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • Heb 7:8-10
    3 verses
    69%

    8 And here mortal men receive tithes; but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.

    9 And, as I may say, Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham.

    10 For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

  • Heb 11:26-28
    3 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Rom 4:11
    68%

    11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

  • Rom 4:24
    68%

    24 But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;

  • Jas 2:21
    68%

    21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

  • Rom 9:10
    68%

    10 And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;

  • Rom 4:3
    67%

    3 For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 25:19
    67%

    19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac.

  • Heb 6:15
    67%

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

  • Heb 7:4
    67%

    4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

  • Gen 22:9
    66%

    9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

  • Gen 19:27
    66%

    27 And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he stood before the LORD.

  • Heb 12:17
    66%

    17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

  • Heb 6:13
    66%

    13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • Mark 12:26
    66%

    26 But concerning the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?