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Hebrews 11:38

SufferingThe stranger and outcastFaith

36 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

39 These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

40 God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

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BSB
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
KJV
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
WEB
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
ASV
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
DARBY
(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and [in] dens and caverns of the earth.
BLB
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes of the earth.
ÅB
- verden var dem ikke verd - de vanket om i utørkener og fjell og huler og jordkløfter.
OTB
som verden ikke var verdig til—vandret i ørkener og fjell, og i huler og hull i bakken.
B1930
- verden var dem ikke verd - de vanket om i utørkener og fjell og huler og jordkløfter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 18:4

    for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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  • 1 Samuel 22:1

    So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

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  • 1 Kings 19:9

    There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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  • Isaiah 57:1

    The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

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  • 1 Samuel 24:1–3

    After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

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  • 1 Kings 18:13

    Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

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  • Psalms 142:1–7

    I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.

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  • 1 Samuel 26:1

    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

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