Hebrews 11:39

Literal Standard Version

and all these, having been testified to through faith, did not receive the promise,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised,

King James Version (1611)
And these all hauing obtained a good report through faith, receiued not the promise:

King James Version
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

English Standard Version
And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

New American Standard Bible
And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

New Century Version
All these people are known for their faith, but none of them received what God had promised.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

Legacy Standard Bible
And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

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

Contemporary English Version
All of them pleased God because of their faith! But still they died without being given what had been promised.

Complete Jewish Bible
All of these had their merit attested because of their trusting . Nevertheless, they did not receive what had been promised,

Darby Translation
And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,

Easy-to-Read Version
God was pleased with all of them because of their faith. But not one of them received God's great promise.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued not the promes,

George Lamsa Translation
Thus these all, having obtained a testimonial through the faith, did not receive the promise:

Good News Translation
What a record all of these have won by their faith! Yet they did not receive what God had promised,

Lexham English Bible
And although they all were approved through their faith, they did not receive what was promised,

Literal Translation
And having obtained witness through the faith, these all did not obtain the promise,

Amplified Bible
And all of these, though they gained [divine] approval through their faith, did not receive [the fulfillment of] what was promised,

American Standard Version
And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

Bible in Basic English
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

Hebrew Names Version
These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,

International Standard Version
All these people won approval for their faith but did not receive what was promised,Hebrews 11:2,13;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And these all, of whom there hath been (such) a testimony concerning their faith, received not the promise;

Murdock Translation
And all these, of whose faith there is testimony, received not the promise:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these all through fayth, obteyned good report, and receaued not the promise:

English Revised Version
And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

World English Bible
These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And all these having obtained a good testimony thro' faith,

Weymouth's New Testament
And although by their faith all these people won God's approval, none of them received the fulfilment of His great promise;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle these, preued bi witnessing of feith, token not repromyssioun;

Update Bible Version
And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, did not receive the promise,

Webster's Bible Translation
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

New English Translation
And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

New King James Version
And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

New Living Translation
All these people earned a good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised.

New Life Bible
It was because of their faith that God was pleased with them. But they did not receive what God had promised.

New Revised Standard
Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these all, though they obtained witness through their faith, yet bare not away, the promise:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all these, being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise:

Revised Standard Version
And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And these all thorow fayth obtayned good reporte and receaved not the promes

Young's Literal Translation
and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And these all thorow faith optayned good reporte, and receaued not ye promes:

Mace New Testament (1729)
Tho' these were all celebrated for their faith, they did not receive the reward that was promised:

THE MESSAGE
Not one of these people, even though their lives of faith were exemplary, got their hands on what was promised. God had a better plan for us: that their faith and our faith would come together to make one completed whole, their lives of faith not complete apart from ours.

Simplified Cowboy Version
These cowboys and cowgirls were never able to tie on fully to the promise of God.

Contextual Overview

³²And what yet will I say? For the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, also Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, also David, and Samuel, and the prophets, ³³who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions, ³⁴quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of weakness, became strong in battle, caused armies of the foreigners to give way; ³⁵women received their dead by a resurrection, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that they might receive a better resurrection, ³⁶and others received trial of mockings and scourgings, and yet of bonds and imprisonment; ³⁷they were stoned, they were sawn apart, they were tried; they died in the killing of the sword; they went around in sheepskins, in goatskins—being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated, ³⁸of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and mountains, and caves, and the holes of the earth; ³⁹and all these, having been testified to through faith, did not receive the promise,⁴⁰God, having provided something better for us, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hebrews 11:2, Hebrews 11:13, Luke 10:23, Luke 10:24, 1 Peter 1:12

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:52 - General Proverbs 22:1 - name Ecclesiastes 7:1 - name Matthew 13:17 - That many Luke 5:39 - General Luke 7:28 - but John 1:17 - grace John 8:56 - rejoiced John 20:29 - blessed Romans 3:25 - remission 2 Corinthians 1:20 - all Galatians 3:17 - the covenant Galatians 3:23 - the faith Ephesians 3:5 - in other Hebrews 9:9 - the time Hebrews 9:15 - promise

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these all having obtained a good report through faith,.... This may either be limited to the sufferers in the preceding verses, who were martyred, or suffered martyrdom for the faith, as the words may be rendered; and who are called martyrs or witnesses, in Hebrews 12:1 and so the Ethiopic version renders the clause, "and all these were witnesses concerning the faith": or it may be extended to all the instances of faith throughout the chapter; and so the apostle reasserts what he had said, Hebrews 11:2, having proved it by a variety of examples; Hebrews 11:2- :.

received not the promise; not that they did not receive the promise of the land of Canaan, for so did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, c. nor that they did not receive the promise of deliverance and victory, for so did Joshua, the Judges, and others or that they did not receive the promise of eternal life, for that they all did; but the promise of the Messiah, that is, the Messiah promised: for they had the promise, but not the thing; who is called "the Promise", emphatically, because he is the first and grand promise; and because in him all the promises centre, and are yea, and amen: him the Old Testament saints received not; they, greatly desired to see him in the flesh; they saw him by faith; they believed in him, and rejoiced in the expectation of his coming; but he was not exhibited to them incarnate. Now since these saints so strongly believed, and so cheerfully suffered before Christ came; the apostle's argument is, that much more should the saints now, since Christ is come, and the promises received, go on believing in him, and readily suffering for his sake; see Hebrews 12:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith - They were all commended and approved on account of their confidence in God; see the notes on Hebrews 11:2.

Received not the promise - That is, did not receive the fulfillment of the promise; or did not receive all that was promised. They all still looked forward to some future blessings; notes, Hebrews 11:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 39. Having obtained a good report (having been witnessed to; see Hebrews 11:2) through faith — It was faith in God which supported all those eminent men who, in different parts of the world, and in different ages, were persecuted for righteousness sake.

Received not the promise — They all heard of the promises made to Abraham of a heavenly rest, and of the promise of the Messiah, for this was a constant tradition; but they died without having seen this Anointed of the Lord. Christ was not in any of their times manifested in the flesh; and of him who was the expectation of all nations, they heard only by the hearing of the ear. This must be the promise, without receiving of which the apostle says they died.