Hebrews 11:38

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Hebrews 11:32-38 The Message (MSG)

I could go on and on, but I’ve run out of time. There are so many more—Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets. . . . Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless—the world didn’t deserve them!—making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world.

Hebrews 11:38 King James Version (KJV)

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

Hebrews 11:38 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

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

Hebrews 11:38 New Century Version (NCV)

The world was not good enough for them! They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and holes in the earth.

Hebrews 11:38 American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Hebrews 11:38 New International Version (NIV)

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

Hebrews 11:38 New King James Version (NKJV)

of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

Hebrews 11:38 Amplified Bible (AMP)

(people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and [living in] caves and holes in the ground.

Hebrews 11:38 New Living Translation (NLT)

They were too good for this world, wandering over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

Hebrews 11:38 The Passion Translation (TPT)

They wandered the earth living in the desert wilderness, in caves, on barren mountains and in holes in the earth. Truly, the world was not even worthy of them, not realizing who they were.

Hebrews 11:38 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

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