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Hebrews 11:5

WEB

5By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

KJV

5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

BSB

5By faith Enoch was taken up [+] so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[+] For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

FBV

5By trusting God Enoch was taken to heaven so he didn't experience death. He couldn't be found on earth because God took him to heaven.[+] Before this happened he was known as someone God was pleased with.

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Extra References

Genesis 5:21-24

21Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah. 22After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters. 23All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. 24Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

Jude 1:14

14About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold,[+] the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

Hebrews 11:6

6Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

2 Kings 2:11

11As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Revelation 11:9-12

9From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations, people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 10Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

11After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them. 12I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” They went up into heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

Psalms 89:48

48What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?Selah.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

1 John 3:22

22so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

Romans 8:8-9

8Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.

9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

2 Kings 2:16-17

16They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the LORD’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley.” He said, “Don’t send them.”

17When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.