Hebrews 11:38
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
KJV
ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος, ἐπὶ ἐρημίαις πλανώμενοι καὶ ὄρεσιν καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς.
Greek NT
quibus dignus non erat mundus : in solitudinibus errantes, in montibus, in speluncis, et in cavernis terræ.
Vulgate
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
ASV
Of whom the world was not worthy: wandering in deserts, in mountains and in dens and in caves of the earth.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κόσμος
kosmos
noun · 184×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πλανάω
planao
verb · 39×
σπήλαιον
spelaion
noun · 6×
ἄξιος
axios
adjective · 41×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐρημία
eremia
noun · 4×
ὀπή
ope
noun · 2×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐπὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπὶ | RP: ἐν
- ἐπὶ — SBLGNT
- ἐπὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And what may be the reason that Matthew said not at the beginning, in the same way as the prophet, the vision which I saw, and the word which came unto me? Because he was writing unto men well disposed, and exceedingly attentive to him. For both the miracles that were done cried aloud, and they who received the word were exceeding faithful. But in the case of the prophets, t…
1. A dreadful thing is envy, beloved, a dreadful thing and a pernicious, to the enviers, not to the envied. For it harms and wastes them first, like some mortal venom deeply seated in their souls; and if by chance it injure its objects, the harm it does is small and trifling, and such as brings greater gain than loss. Indeed not in the case of envy only, but in every other, it …
1. Faith needs a generous and vigorous soul, and one rising above all things of sense, and passing beyond the weakness of human reasonings. For it is not possible to become a believer, otherwise than by raising one's self above the common customs [of the world]. Inasmuch then as the souls of the Hebrews were thoroughly weakened, and though they had begun from faith, yet from ci…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 14:12 — Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
- 1Kgs 17:3 — Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- 1Kgs 17:3 — Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- 1Kgs 18:4 — For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1Kgs 18:13 — Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 1Kgs 19:9 — And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
- 1Sam 13:6 — When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
- 1Sam 22:1 — David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
- 1Sam 22:1 — David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
- 1Sam 24:1 — And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.
- 1Sam 26:1 — And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
- Isa 57:1 — The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
- Judg 6:2 — And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
- Ps 56:8 — Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
- Ps 107:4 — They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
- Ps 142:1 — I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
- Ps 142:1 — I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
- Rev 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the m