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Hebrews 11:14
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12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as adead, were born as many as the bstars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.  

The Heavenly Hope

13 These all died in faith, anot having received the bpromises, but chaving seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and dconfessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.  
14 For those who say such things adeclare plainly that they seek a homeland.  
15 And truly if they had called to mind athat country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.  
16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed ato be called their God, for He has bprepared a city for them.  

The Faith of the Patriarchs

17 By faith Abraham, awhen he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,  
18 1of whom it was said, a“In Isaac your seed shall be called,”  
19 concluding that God awas able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.  
Verse Comparison: Hebrews 11:14

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American Standard Version
For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

Amplified® Bible
Now those people who talk as they did show plainly that they are in search of a fatherland (their own country).

Contemporary English Version
When people talk this way, it is clear that they are looking for a place to call their own.

Darby English Version
For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek [their] country.

Good News Bible
Those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.

International Standard Version
For people who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.

King James Version
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

New American Standard Bible
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

New International Version
People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.

New King James Version
For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For those who say such things make it clear that they seek a country of their own.

Revised Standard Version
For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

Young's Literal Translation
for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;


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