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.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- μνημονεύουσιν — SBLGNT
- μνημονεύουσιν — Tregelles
- ἐμνημόνευον — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐξέβησαν — SBLGNT
- ἐξέβησαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐξῆλθον — Robinson-Pierpont
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.