Hebrews 11:38-40

International Standard Version

³⁸The world wasn’t worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and from caves to holes in the ground.

³⁹All these people won approval for their faith but they did not receive what was promised, ⁴⁰since God had planned something better for us, so that they would not be perfected without us.

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Hebrews 11:38-40

English Standard Version

³⁸of whom the world was not worthy—^(A)wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

³⁹And all these, ^(B)though commended through their faith, ^(C)did not receive what was promised, ⁴⁰since God had provided something better for us, ^(D)that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

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Hebrews 11:38-40

New International Version

³⁸the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves^(A) and in holes in the ground.

³⁹These were all commended^(B) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^(C) ⁴⁰since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us^(D) would they be made perfect.^(E)