Hebrews 11:13 - Revised Standard Version These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These people all died controlled and sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of [God's] promises, only having seen it and greeted it from a great distance by faith, and all the while acknowledging and confessing that they were strangers and temporary residents and exiles upon the earth. [Gen. 23:4; Ps. 39:12.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible All these people died in faith without receiving the promises, but they saw the promises from a distance and welcomed them. They confessed that they were strangers and immigrants on earth. Catholic Public Domain Version All of these passed away, adhering to faith, not having received the promises, yet beholding them from afar and saluting them, and confessing themselves to be sojourners and guests upon the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All these died according to faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them afar off, and saluting them, and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth. |
“I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.”
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and will bring you again to the land of your fathers.
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.
When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die; but God will visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth;
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears! For I am thy passing guest, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
She bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”
The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
But he said to him, “I will not go; I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.”
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: a star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,
So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son,
By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king; for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised,
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.
Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul.
By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him