Hebrews 11:10

In 9 translations

BSB

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

KJV

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

WEB

For he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

ASV

for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

LSV

for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose craftsman and constructor [is] God.

YLT

for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor [is] God.

DBY

for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is [the] artificer and constructor.Elohim

DRC

For he looked for a city that hath foundations; whose builder and maker is God.

GNV

For he looked for a citie hauing a foundation, whose builder and maker is God.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν πόλιν, ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός.

RP2018

ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν πόλιν, ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός.

TR-Boyd

ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν πόλιν, ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ Θεός.

SCR1894

εξεδεχετο γαρ την τους θεμελιους εχουσαν πολιν ης τεχνιτης και δημιουργος ο θεος

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 13:14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
• Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
• Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
• John 14:2In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
• Hebrews 3:4And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
• Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Revelation 21:10–27And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious…
• Hebrews 12:28Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
• Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

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