Hebrews 11:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

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  • Gen 4:3-5 : 3 And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah; 4 and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present, 5 and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:
  • Heb 12:24 : 24 and to a mediator of a new covenant -- Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!
  • Jude 1:11 : 11 wo to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.
  • Gen 4:25 : 25 And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him.
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 and fire cometh out from before Jehovah, and consumeth on the altar the burnt-offering, and the fat; and all the people see, and cry aloud, and fall on their faces.
  • 1 Kgs 18:38 : 38 And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that `is' in the trench it hath licked up.
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ``Let us go into the field;'' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.
  • 1 John 3:11-12 : 11 because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another, 12 not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.
  • Luke 11:51 : 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.
  • Heb 9:22 : 22 and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness doth not come.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 God they profess to know, and in the works they deny `Him', being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.
  • Gen 4:15 : 15 And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.

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  • Heb 11:1-3
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    1And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

    2for in this were the elders testified of;

    3by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

  • Gen 4:2-5
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    2and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.

    3And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;

    4and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,

    5and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

  • Heb 11:5-11
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    5By faith Enoch was translated -- not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to -- that he had pleased God well,

    6and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

    7By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

    8By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

    9by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

    10for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor `is' God.

    11By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

  • Heb 11:17-20
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    17By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

    18of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

    19reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive `him'.

    20By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;

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    24and to a mediator of a new covenant -- Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

  • Gen 4:8
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    8And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ``Let us go into the field;'' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

  • Heb 11:27-28
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    27by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;

    28by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

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

  • Jas 2:21-22
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    21Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

  • Heb 11:13
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    13In 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,

  • Heb 7:8
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    8and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there `he', who is testified to that he was living,

  • Gen 4:10
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    10And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

  • Rom 4:3
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    3for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;'

  • Gal 3:6
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    6according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

  • Rom 4:19
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    19and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (being about a hundred years old,) and the deadness of Sarah's womb,

  • Rom 4:5
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    5and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:

  • Heb 11:33
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    33who through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

  • Jas 2:17
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    17so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

  • Heb 13:15
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    15through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

  • Heb 11:22
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    22by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

  • Jas 2:26
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    26for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

  • Rom 4:17
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    17who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- `A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

  • Rom 4:22
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    22wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.