Show Bible Commentary For A Bible Verse

Click here to show/hide instructions.

Selected Verse: Hebrews 11:38 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Heb 11:38 Strong Concordance (Of whom [3739] the world [2889] was [2258] not [3756] worthy [514]:) they wandered [4105] in [1722] deserts [2047], and [2532] in mountains [3735], and [2532] in dens [4693] and [2532] caves [3692] of the earth [1093].
  King James (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse

Open All | Close All Open All | Close All
 
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Of whom the world was not worthy--So far from their being unworthy of living in the world, as their exile in deserts, &c., might seem to imply, "the world was not worthy of them." The world, in shutting them out, shut out from itself a source of blessing; such as Joseph proved to Potiphar (Gen 39:5), and Jacob to Laban (Gen 30:27). In condemning them, the world condemned itself.

caves--literally, "chinks." Palestine, from its hilly character, abounds in fissures and caves, affording shelter to the persecuted, as the fifty hid by Obadiah (Kg1 18:4, Kg1 18:13) and Elijah (Kg1 19:8, Kg1 19:13); and Mattathias and his sons (1 Maccabees 2:28, 29); and Judas Maccabeus (2 Maccabees 5:27).
 
Top
13 And it was so, when Elijah [0452] heard [08085] it, that he wrapped [03874] his face [06440] in his mantle [0155], and went out [03318], and stood [05975] in the entering in [06607] of the cave [04631]. And, behold, there came a voice [06963] unto him, and said [0559], What doest thou here, Elijah [0452]?
8 And he arose [06965], and did eat [0398] and drink [08354], and went [03212] in the strength [03581] of that meat [0396] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915] unto Horeb [02722] the mount [02022] of God [0430].
13 Was it not told [05046] my lord [0113] what I did [06213] when Jezebel [0348] slew [02026] the prophets [05030] of the LORD [03068], how I hid [02244] an hundred [03967] men [0376] of the LORD'S [03068] prophets [05030] by fifty [02572] in a cave [04631], and fed [03557] them with bread [03899] and water [04325]?
4 For it was so, when Jezebel [0348] cut off [03772] the prophets [05030] of the LORD [03068], that Obadiah [05662] took [03947] an hundred [03967] prophets [05030], and hid [02244] them by fifty [0376] [02572] in a cave [04631], and fed [03557] them with bread [03899] and water [04325].)
27 And Laban [03837] said [0559] unto him, I pray thee, if I have found [04672] favour [02580] in thine eyes [05869], tarry: for I have learned by experience [05172] that the LORD [03068] hath blessed [01288] me for thy sake [01558].
5 And it came to pass from the time [0227] that he had made him overseer [06485] in his house [01004], and over all that he had [03426], that the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] the Egyptian's [04713] house [01004] for Joseph's [03130] sake [01558]; and the blessing [01293] of the LORD [03068] was upon all that he had [03426] in the house [01004], and in the field [07704].
1 [1161] In [1722] those [1565] days [2250] came [3854] John [2491] the Baptist [910], preaching [2784] in [1722] the wilderness [2048] of Judaea [2449],
8 Again [3825], the devil [1228] taketh [3880] him [846] up [3880] into [1519] an exceeding [3029] high [5308] mountain [3735], and [2532] sheweth [1166] him [846] all [3956] the kingdoms [932] of the world [2889], and [2532] the glory [1391] of them [846];
7 And he brought [0935] me to the door [06607] of the court [02691]; and when I looked [07200], behold a [0259] hole [02356] in the wall [07023].
12 And this shall be the plague [04046] wherewith the LORD [03068] will smite [05062] all the people [05971] that have fought [06633] against Jerusalem [03389]; Their flesh [01320] shall consume away [04743] while they stand [05975] upon their feet [07272], and their eyes [05869] shall consume away [04743] in their holes [02356], and their tongue [03956] shall consume away [04743] in their mouth [06310].
3 In the day [03117] when the keepers [08104] of the house [01004] shall tremble [02111], and the strong [02428] men [0582] shall bow [05791] themselves, and the grinders [02912] cease [0988] because they are few [04591], and those that look out [07200] of the windows [0699] be darkened [02821],
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory [03519] passeth by [05674], that I will put [07760] thee in a clift [05366] of the rock [06697], and will cover [05526] thee with my hand [03709] while [05704] I pass by [05674]:
11 Doth [3385] a fountain [4077] send forth [1032] at [1537] the same [846] place [3692] sweet [1099] water and [2532] bitter [4089]?
7 By faith [4102] Noah [3575], being warned of God [5537] of [4012] things not [3369] seen [991] as yet [3369], moved with fear [2125], prepared [2680] an ark [2787] to [1519] the saving [4991] of his [846] house [3624]; by [1223] the which [3739] he condemned [2632] the world [2889], and [2532] became [1096] heir [2818] of the righteousness [1343] which is by [2596] faith [4102].
3 And he came [0935] to the sheepcotes [01448] [06629] by the way [01870], where was a cave [04631]; and Saul [07586] went in [0935] to cover [05526] his feet [07272]: and David [01732] and his men [0582] remained [03427] in the sides [03411] of the cave [04631].
4 For it was so, when Jezebel [0348] cut off [03772] the prophets [05030] of the LORD [03068], that Obadiah [05662] took [03947] an hundred [03967] prophets [05030], and hid [02244] them by fifty [0376] [02572] in a cave [04631], and fed [03557] them with bread [03899] and water [04325].)