Hebrews 11:10

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor <FI>is<Fi> God.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 11:10 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.”
  2. 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?
  3. 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.
  4. Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  5. Hebrews 3:4And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. Hebrews 13:14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
  9. 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.
  10. Revelation 21:10And 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,

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