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Hebrews 11:15

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

KJV

καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐκείνης μνημονεύουσιν ἀφ’ ἧς ἐξέβησαν, εἶχον ἂν καιρὸν ἀνακάμψαι·

Greek NT

Et si quidem ipsius meminissent de qua exierunt, habebant utique tempus revertendi :

Vulgate

And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

ASV

And truly, if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they had doubtless, time to return.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καιρός
kairos
noun · 85×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
μνημονεύω
mnemoneuo
verb · 21×
ἀνακάμπτω
anakampto
verb · 4×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἔκβασις
ekbasis
verb · 3×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: μνημονεύουσιν | Treg: μνημονεύουσιν | WH/NIV/RP: ἐμνημόνευον
  • μνημονεύουσινSBLGNT
  • μνημονεύουσινTregelles
  • ἐμνημόνευονWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐξέβησαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξέβησαν | RP: ἐξῆλθον
  • ἐξέβησανSBLGNT
  • ἐξέβησανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐξῆλθονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 24:6 — And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
  • Isa 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he we
  • Num 14:4 — And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.