Hebrews 11:15
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
In context
13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
14 Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
Hebrews 11:15 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
- KJV 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.
- WEB 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.
- ASV 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came, they might have had opportunity to return.