Hebrews 11:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

Common English Bible

³ By faith we understand that the universe has been created by a word from God so that the visible came into existence from the invisible.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ By faith, we understand the world to be fashioned by the Word of God, so that the visible might be made by the invisible.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God; that from invisible things visible things might be made.

Hebrews 11:3 Cross References

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 33:9

For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

Jeremiah 10:16

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.

John 1:3

All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

Acts 14:15

and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

Acts 17:24

The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Romans 4:17

(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

1 Corinthians 2:7

but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

1 Timothy 4:5

for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

Hebrews 1:2

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

Hebrews 6:5

and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

2 Peter 3:5

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

Revelation 4:11

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honour and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.