Hebrews 11:39

WEB

³⁹These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise,

KJV

³⁹And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

BSB

³⁹These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

FBV

³⁹All of these people, even though they had God's approval, didn't receive what God had promised.

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Extra References

Luke 10:23-24

²³Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see, ²⁴for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”

Hebrews 11:13

¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen^[+] them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Hebrews 11:2

²For by this, the elders obtained approval.

1 Peter 1:12

¹²To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.