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Hebrews 11:38The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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38
ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος ἐπὶ ἐρημίαις πλανώμενοι καὶ ὄρεσι καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς.
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Hebrews 11:38The Bible in Living English
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38 they of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.
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Hebrews 11:38American Standard Version
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38 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
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Hebrews 11:38The Emphasized Bible
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38 Of whom the world was not worthy—Upon deserts wandering and mountains, and in caves,—and in the caverns of the earth.
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Hebrews 11:38King James Version
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38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 11New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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the world was not worthy of them: In this context, “world” (Greek, koʹsmos) refers to unrighteous humans alienated from God. (See Glossary, “World.”) People of this world do not view true worshippers of Jehovah the way he views these excellent men and women of faith, whom the world did not deserve to have in its midst. One reference work puts it this way: “These people were too good for this world.” Jehovah’s purpose is to give his worshippers a place in a far better world.—2Pe 3:13; compare Heb 11:16 and study note.
They wandered about: Faithful ones, such as David and the prophets Elijah and Elisha, “wandered about in deserts and mountains and caves” as objects of persecution. (1Sa 22:1, 2; 23:29–24:3; 1Ki 19:3, 4, 9; 2Ki 1:9; 2:13, 25; 6:13, 30, 31) Also, “100 of the prophets of Jehovah” were hidden in a cave by Obadiah, the household steward of King Ahab, when wicked Queen Jezebel “was doing away with Jehovah’s prophets.”—1Ki 18:3, 4, 13.
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