Verse 2

Hebrews 11:2

Young's Literal Translation

2 for in this were the elders testified of;
Original Language Text
greek
ἐν ταύτῃ γὰρ ἐμαρτυρήθησαν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι.
English Translation
For in this, the elders bore witness.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 11 Context
1 And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, Focus ↗
2 for in this were the elders testified of;
3 by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God (Elohim), in regard to the... Focus ↗
4 by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God (Elohim) than Cain, through which he was testified... Focus ↗
5 By faith Enoch was translated -- not to see death, and was not found, because God (Elohim) did trans... Focus ↗
6 and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God (Eloh... Focus ↗
7 By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did pr... Focus ↗
8 By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for... Focus ↗
9 by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt... Focus ↗
10 for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor [is] God (El... Focus ↗
11 By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life,... Focus ↗
12 wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the... Focus ↗
13 In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and havin... Focus ↗
14 for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country; Focus ↗
15 and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opp... Focus ↗
16 but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God (Elohim) is not ashamed of them,... Focus ↗
17 By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did r... Focus ↗
18 of whom it was said -- 'In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;' Focus ↗
19 reckoning that even out of the dead God (Elohim) is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did... Focus ↗
20 By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau; Focus ↗
21 by faith Jacob dying -- each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his s... Focus ↗
22 by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerni... Focus ↗
23 By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child co... Focus ↗
24 by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh, Focus ↗
25 having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God (Elohim), than to have sin's pleasure fo... Focus ↗
26 greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did lo... Focus ↗
27 by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the I... Focus ↗
28 by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-... Focus ↗
29 By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received... Focus ↗
30 by faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days; Focus ↗
31 by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with... Focus ↗
32 And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson,... Focus ↗
33 who through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of l... Focus ↗
34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, b... Focus ↗
35 Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption,... Focus ↗
36 and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment; Focus ↗
37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; th... Focus ↗
38 of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and [in] mountains, and [in] caves, and [in]... Focus ↗
39 and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise, Focus ↗
40 God (Elohim) for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perf... Focus ↗