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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Hebrews 11:38
(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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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.
WEB World English Bible
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
YLT Young’s 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;
Surrounding context — Hebrews 11
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 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;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὧνG3739 · hos, hēwhichοὐκG3756 · ounoἦνG1510 · eimito beἄξιοςG514 · axiosworthyὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκόσμος·G2889 · kosmosworldἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstἐρημίαιςG2047 · erēmiadesertπλανώμενοιG4105 · planaōto lead astrayκαὶG2532 · kaiandὄρεσινG3735 · orosmountainκαὶG2532 · kaiandσπηλαίοιςG4693 · spēlaioncaveκαὶG2532 · kaiandταῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀπαῖςG3692 · opēholeτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγῆς.¶G1093 · gēearth: planet
Cross-references
1 Kings 18:4For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)1 Samuel 22:1David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard [it], they went down thither to him.1 Kings 19:9And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD [came] to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].1 Samuel 24:1-3And 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 Engedi.1 Kings 18:13Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?Psalm 142:1-7Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.1 Samuel 26:1And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, [which is] before Jeshimon?1 Kings 17:3Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.1 Kings 14:12-13Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: [and] when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.1 Samuel 23:23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of Jeshimon?1 Samuel 23:15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.2 Kings 23:25-29And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there [any] like him.
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