Hebrews 11:38

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Hebrews 11:38

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.

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WEB

World English Bible

of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

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ASV

American Standard Version

(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes of the earth.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Hebrews 11

³⁶ Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

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

³⁹ These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

⁴⁰ God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

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