Hebrews 11:39

And all these, having obtained a good reputation by faith, received not the promise,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in caverns, and in dens of the earth.

40because God had provided some better thing for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect.

Read all of Hebrews 11

Cross References

Luke 10:23And he turned to his disciples, and said privately: Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and having embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:33-40

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Hebrews 11:39