Hebrews 11:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Now those people who talk as they did show plainly that they are in search of a fatherland (their own country).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ People who say this kind of thing make it clear that they are looking for a homeland.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ For those who speak in this way are themselves indicating that they seek a homeland.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ For they that say these things, do signify that they seek a country.

Hebrews 11:14 Cross References

Exodus 2:22

And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land.

2 Corinthians 4:18

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Philippians 1:23

But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Hebrews 11:15

And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 11:16

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

Hebrews 13:14

For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.