Parallel Verses
Amplified
And if they had been thinking of that country from which they departed [as their true home], they would have had [a continuing] opportunity to return.
New American Standard Bible
And indeed if they had been
King James Version
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Holman Bible
If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.
International Standard Version
If they had been thinking about what they had left behind, they would have had an opportunity to go back.
A Conservative Version
And if indeed they remembered that from which they came out, they would have had time to return.
American Standard Version
And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
An Understandable Version
And indeed, if they had remembered [with longing] the country they had left, they would have had the opportunity to return to it.
Anderson New Testament
And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came, they could have had an opportunity to return.
Bible in Basic English
And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.
Common New Testament
And if they had been thinking of that country from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and truly, if that had been in their view, they might have had an opportunity of returning to the place from whence they came.
Darby Translation
And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
Godbey New Testament
If indeed they remember that country from which they came out, they would have had an opportunity to return;
Goodspeed New Testament
And if it had been the country from which they had come to which their thoughts turned back, they would have found an opportunity to return to it.
John Wesley New Testament
And truly if they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to return.
Julia Smith Translation
And truly if they remembered that from which they came out, they had time to have returned.
King James 2000
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if they remember that [land] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
Modern King James verseion
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Also, if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they came out, they had leisure to have returned again.
Moffatt New Testament
If they thought of the land they have left behind, they would have time to go back,
Montgomery New Testament
And if they had cherished the memory of that land from which they went out, they would have found an opportunity to return;
NET Bible
In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
New Heart English Bible
If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
Noyes New Testament
And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return;
Sawyer New Testament
And if they had remembered that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return;
The Emphasized Bible
And, if indeed of that they had been mindful, from which they had come out, they might, in that case, have had an opportunity, to return;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And if indeed they had fixed their minds on that from whence they had gone forth, they might have had opportunity to go back to it again.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they could have found opportunities to return.
Webster
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came, they might have had opportunity to return.
Weymouth New Testament
And if they had cherished the remembrance of the country they had left, they would have found an opportunity to return;
Williams New Testament
And if they had been cherishing the memory of the country they had left, they would have had an opportunity to go back.
World English Bible
If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
Worrell New Testament
And, if, indeed, they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
Worsley New Testament
and if they had been mindful of that from which they came, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
Themes
Faith » Instances of » In the offering up of isaac
Obedience » Instances of » Abraham
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
characteristics of Pilgrims » Characteristics of
characteristics of Pilgrims » Never turned back
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 11:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Examples Of Faith In Action
14
Now those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
15 And if they had been thinking of that country from which they departed [as their true home], they would have had [a continuing] opportunity to return.
16
But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; for He has prepared a city for them.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 24:6-8
Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there!
Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together to go from Ur of the Chaldeans into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran [about five hundred and fifty miles northwest of Ur], they settled there.
Genesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive and severe.
Genesis 31:18
and he drove away all his livestock and [took along] all his property which he had acquired, the livestock he had obtained and accumulated in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 32:9-11
Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord, who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your people, and I will make you prosper,’