Hebrews 11:37 “They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by th…”

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

World English Bible

They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—

American Standard Version

they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

Geneva Bible 1599

They were stoned, they were hewen asunder, they were tempted, they were slaine with the sworde, they wandred vp and downe in sheepes skinnes, and in goates skinnes, being destitute, afflicted, and tormented:

Darby Translation

They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,

Young's Literal Translation

they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins — being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,

Bible in Basic English

They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

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Cross references

“stoned”

2 Chronicles 24:21 1 Kings 21:13–15 1 Kings 21:10 Matthew 21:35 Luke 13:34 John 10:31–33

2 Chronicles 24:21 · BSB

But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

1 Kings 21:13–15 · BSB

And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

1 Kings 21:10 · BSB

But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

Matthew 21:35 · BSB

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Luke 13:34 · BSB

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

John 10:31–33 · BSB

At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

“were slain”

Jeremiah 26:23 1 Kings 19:10 Acts 7:52 1 Samuel 22:17–19 1 Kings 18:4 1 Kings 18:13

Jeremiah 26:23 · BSB

They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

1 Kings 19:10 · BSB

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are…

Acts 7:52 · BSB

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

1 Samuel 22:17–19 · BSB

Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a h…

1 Kings 18:4 · BSB

for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

1 Kings 18:13 · BSB

Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

“in sheepskins”

2 Kings 1:8 Matthew 3:4 Revelation 11:3

2 Kings 1:8 · BSB

“He was a hairy man, ” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

Matthew 3:4 · BSB

John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Revelation 11:3 · BSB

And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

“being destitute”

Hebrews 12:1–3 Zechariah 13:9 Matthew 8:20 1 Corinthians 4:9–13 2 Corinthians 11:23–27 2 Corinthians 12:10

Hebrews 12:1–3 · BSB

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Zechariah 13:9 · BSB

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our G…

Matthew 8:20 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

1 Corinthians 4:9–13 · BSB

For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

2 Corinthians 11:23–27 · BSB

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

2 Corinthians 12:10 · BSB

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

38The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

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