Hebrews 11:38-40
International Standard Version
38 The world wasn’t worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and from caves to holes in the ground.
39 All these people won approval for their faith but they did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us, so that they would not be perfected without us.
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Hebrews 11:38-40
English Standard Version
38 of whom the world was not worthy—(A)wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And all these, (B)though commended through their faith, (C)did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, (D)that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
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