1 A nd faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
¶ Faith, therefore, is the substance of things waited for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 f or in this were the elders testified of;
For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 b y faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;
Through faith we understand that the ages were framed by the word of God, that which is seen being made of that which was not seen.
4 b y faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.
¶ By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and by it he being dead yet speaks.
5 B y faith Enoch was translated -- not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to -- that he had pleased God well,
By 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.
6 a nd apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.
7 B y faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.
By faith Noah, having received revelation of things not seen as yet, with great care prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world and was made heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 B y faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;
By faith Abraham, being called, hearkened to go out into the place which he should afterwards receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he went.
9 b y faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,
By faith he sojourned in the promised land, as in a strange country, dwelling in booths with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
10 f or he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor God.
for he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11 B y faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;
By faith also Sara herself being sterile received strength to conceive seed and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she believed him to be faithful who had promised.
12 w herefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that by the sea-shore -- the innumerable.
Therefore there sprang even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
13 I n faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted, and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off and believing them and embracing them and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 f or those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;
For those that say such things declare plainly that they seek their native country.
15 a nd if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had time to have returned.
16 b ut now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one; therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
17 B y faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac, and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 o f whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'
of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called,
19 r eckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive.
accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence he also received him in a figure.
20 B y faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning what they should become.
21 b y faith Jacob dying -- each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22 b y faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.
By faith Joseph, as he died, made mention of the departing of the sons of Israel, and gave a commandment concerning his bones.
23 B y faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
24 b y faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
25 h aving chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,
26 g reater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;
esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
27 b y faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28 b y faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.
By faith he kept the passover and the sprinkling of the blood lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 B y faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land, which the Egyptians attempted to do and were drowned.
30 b y faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days;
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about seven days.
31 b y faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.
By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish together with the disobedient, having received the spies with peace.
32 A nd what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,
¶ And what shall I more say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon and of Barak and of Samson and of Jephthae, of David also and Samuel and of the prophets,
33 w ho through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,
who by faith won kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 q uenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.
quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered from infirmities, were made valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of foreign enemies;
35 W omen received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,
women received their dead raised to life again, and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection;
36 a nd others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;
and others experienced cruel mockings and scourgings, and added to this, bonds and imprisonment;
37 t hey were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins -- being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
they were stoned; they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; poor, afflicted, mistreated,
38 o f whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and mountains, and caves, and the holes of the earth;
(of whom the world was not worthy); they wandered in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 a nd these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,
And these all, approved by testimony of faith, received not the promise,
40 G od for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.