Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
(men of whom the world was not worthy),
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.
Holman Bible
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.
International Standard Version
The world wasn't worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and from caves to holes in the ground.
American Standard Version
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
Amplified
(people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and [living in] caves and holes in the ground.
An Understandable Version
(The world did not deserve such people). They wandered in deserts and mountains, [living] in caves and [even] holes in the ground.
Anderson New Testament
(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in caverns, and in dens of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
Common New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
Daniel Mace New Testament
(of whom the world was not worthy) they wandred in desarts, and in mountains, having no retreat but the dens and caves of the earth.
Darby Translation
(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caverns of the earth.
Godbey New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and caves and dens of the earth.
John Wesley New Testament
(Of whom the world was not worthy) they wandered in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) wandering about in solitary places, and mountains, and caves, and holes of the earth.
King James 2000
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground.
Modern King James verseion
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
Moffatt New Testament
(men of whom the world was not worthy), wanderers in the desert and among the hills, in caves and gullies.
NET Bible
(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.
New Heart English Bible
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
Noyes New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and caves and the clefts of the earth.
Sawyer New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains, and in caves and openings of the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Of whom the world, was not worthy - upon deserts, wandering, and mountains, and in caves, - and in the caverns of the earth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered up and down in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caverns of the earth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
men of whom the world was not worthy--roaming in lonely places, and on the mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
Webster
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Weymouth New Testament
They wandered across deserts and mountains, or hid themselves in caves and in holes in the ground.
Williams New Testament
men of whom the world was not worthy, though wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.
World English Bible
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
Worrell New Testament
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
Worsley New Testament
distressed, (of whom the world was not worthy) wandering in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and in mountains, and in caves, and in the holes of the earth;
Themes
Cave » Used as a dwelling » Saints
Caves » Were used as » Places of concealment
Dens » Used as places of refuge
Deserts » The persecuted fled to
Mountains » Afford refuge in time of danger
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
Topics
Interlinear
Planao
Word Count of 35 Translations in Hebrews 11:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
Examples Of Faith In Action
37 They were stoned, they were sawed apart, they were tempted, they died in murder by sword. They wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, restricted, tormented 38 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth. 39 And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise,
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 18:4
for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
1 Kings 19:9
And he came to a cave there, and lodged there. And, behold, the word of LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are thou doing here, Elijah?
1 Samuel 22:1
David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
1 Kings 18:13
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of LORD, how I hid a hundred men of LORD's prophets by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
1 Samuel 23:15
And David saw that Saul came out to seek his life, and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.
1 Samuel 23:19
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
1 Samuel 23:23
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty. And I will go with you, and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among a
1 Samuel 24:1-3
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
1 Samuel 26:1
And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?
1 Kings 14:12-13
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thy house. When thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
1 Kings 17:3
Get thee from here, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.
2 Kings 23:25-29
And there was no king before him like him, who turned to LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither arose any like him after him.
Psalm 142:1-7
I cry with my voice to LORD. With my voice to LORD I make supplication.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil [to come].