Hebrews 11:39 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁹ Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ And all of these, though they won divine approval by [means of] their faith, did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised,

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

Common English Bible

³⁹ All these people didn’t receive what was promised, though they were given approval for their faith.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ And all these, having been proven by the testimony of faith, did not receive the Promise.

Hebrews 11:39 Cross References

Hebrews 11:13

All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,

Hebrews 11:2

Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look!

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.