Hebrews 11:37

Hebrews chapter 11 · verse 37 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

Context

v.36and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

v.37This passage

v.38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

Cross references

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

  • 2 Corinthians 11:23

    Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

  • Luke 11:51

    from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

  • 1 Samuel 22:17

    And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.

  • Matthew 21:35

    And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

  • Acts 12:2

    And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

  • Matthew 23:35

    that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.