Verse Comparison: Hebrews 11:40
American Standard Version
God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Amplified® Bible
Because God had us in mind {and} had something better {and} greater in view for us, so that they [these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us [before we could join them].
Contemporary English Version
This was because God had something better in store for us. And he did not want them to reach the goal of their faith without us.
Darby English Version
God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.
Good News Bible
because God had decided on an even better plan for us. His purpose was that only in company with us would they be made perfect.
International Standard Version
since God had planned something better for us so that they would not become perfect without us.
King James Version
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
New American Standard Bible
because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.
New International Version
God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
New King James Version
God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not receive perfecting.
Young's Literal Translation
God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
