Hebrews 11:13

Hebrews chapter 11 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.12wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.

v.13This passage

v.14For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.
Psalms 119:19
I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
Genesis 49:33
And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
1 Peter 1:10
Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
Genesis 27:2
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.