King James Version

Hebrews 11:39

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “these” (οὗτοι) before all here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allμαρτυρηθέντεςmarturēthenteshaving obtained a good reportμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “having obtained a good report”, a single actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.having obtained a good reportδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.throughτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πίστεωςpisteōsfaithπίστις (pistis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “faith”, the of-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.faithοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἐκομίσαντοekomisantoto bringκομίζω (komizō)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to bring”, a single actionG2865(a) act: I convey, bring, carry, (b) mid: I receive back, receive what has belonged to myself but has been lost, or else promised but kept back, or: I get what has come to be my own by earning, recover.This verse uses “bring”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπαγγελίανepangelianpromiseἐπαγγελία (epangelia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “promise”, the object formG1860a promise.the promise

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

οὗτοιhoutoitheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “these”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

Young’s Literal Translation

and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,

World English Bible

These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise,

Darby Translation

And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,

Douay-Rheims

And all these being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise;

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