Hebrews 11:5
ContextNET © | By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God. |
NIV © | By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. |
NASB © | By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. |
NLT © | It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying––"suddenly he disappeared because God took him." But before he was taken up, he was approved as pleasing to God. |
MSG © | By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. "They looked all over and couldn't find him because God had taken him." We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken "he pleased God." |
BBE © | By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God: |
NRSV © | By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death; and "he was not found, because God had taken him." For it was attested before he was taken away that "he had pleased God." |
NKJV © | By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | By faith <4102> Enoch <1802> was taken up <3346> so that he did not <3361> see <1492> death <2288> , and <2532> he was <2147> not <3756> to be found <2147> because <1360> God <2316> took <3346> him <846> up <3346> . For <1063> before <4253> his removal <3331> he had been commended <3140> as having pleased <2100> God .<2316> |
NET © | By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God. |
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