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Hebrews 11:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 15 And yet, if they had kept remembering the place from which they had departed,+ they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 11:15

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 15 καὶ And εἰ if μὲν indeed ἐκείνης of that ἐμνημόνευον they were remembering ἀφ’ from ἧς which ἐξέβησαν, they stepped out, εἶχον they were having ἂν likely καιρὸν appointed time ἀνακάμψαι· to bend again;

Hebrews 11:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 15 And yet, if they had indeed kept remembering that [place] from which they had gone forth,+ they would have had opportunity to return.+

Hebrews 11:15

The Bible in Living English
- 15 * And if they had been remembering that one from which they had gone out, they would have had a suitable time for going back;

Hebrews 11:15

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

Hebrews 11:15

The Emphasized Bible
- 15 And if indeed of that they had been mindful from which they had come out They might in that case have had an opportunity to return;

Hebrews 11:15

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

Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 11:15
  
  they would have had opportunity to return: Ur, the city that Abraham and Sarah left behind, offered many comforts and a degree of security. Particularly when a famine struck Canaan, they may have been tempted to return to the fertile region of Ur near the abundant waters of the Euphrates River. Yet, Abraham and Sarah never looked back longingly to Ur, and they never went back. (Ac 7:3, 4) Rather, Abraham responded to that famine by leading his family, not to Ur, but to Egypt. (Ge 12:10) Meditating on their example would help the Hebrew Christians to resist any temptation to return to the Jewish system of things, even in their hearts.—See study notes on Heb 6:18; 9:26; 13:14.