Hebrews 11:40

38 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.

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
KJV
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
WEB
God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
ASV
God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
DARBY
God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.
BLB
God having planned something better for us, so that not apart from us, they should be perfected.
ÅB
fordi Gud forut hadde utsett noe bedre for oss, så de ikke skulle nå fullendelsen uten oss.
OTB
siden Gud hadde forberedt noe bedre for oss, slik at de ikke skulle bli fullkomne uten oss.
B1930
fordi Gud forut hadde utsett noget bedre for oss, så de ikke skulde nå fullendelsen uten oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 6:11

    Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

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  • Hebrews 8:6

    Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

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  • Hebrews 10:11–14

    Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

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  • Hebrews 5:9

    And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

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  • Hebrews 7:19

    (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

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  • Hebrews 9:23

    So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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  • Hebrews 9:8–15

    By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

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  • Romans 3:25–26

    God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

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