Hebrews 11:27

Hebrews 11:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
• New International Version (NIV)By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
• English Standard Version (ESV)By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
• New King James Version (NKJV)By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

Context of Hebrews 11:27

25choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen. 28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. 29By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.

Hebrews 11:27 word by word

Πίστει κατέλιπεν Αἴγυπτον μὴ φοβηθεὶς τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ βασιλέως· τὸν γὰρ ἀόρατον ὡς ὁρῶν ἐκαρτέρησεν.¶Read the interlinear

• By faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• leftκαταλείπωkataleipō · to leave behindG2641
• EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• fearingφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• the wrathθυμόςthumos · wrathG2372
• of the kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• for he enduredκαρτερέωkartereō · to endureG2594
• seeingὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• Him who is unseenἀόρατοςaoratos · invisibleG517

Cross-references for Hebrews 11:27

• Exodus 10:28Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Beware, do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die!”
• Exodus 11:8All these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
• Exodus 12:11Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste--it is the Lord’s Passover.
• Exodus 13:17Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.”
• Exodus 2:14But he said, “Who made you a prince or a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.”
• Exodus 4:19Now the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
• Exodus 14:10As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.
• Hebrews 6:15And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.
• Hebrews 10:32But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,
• Hebrews 12:3For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
• Matthew 10:22You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
• Matthew 24:13But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
• Mark 4:17and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.
• Mark 13:13You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
• 1 Corinthians 13:7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
• James 5:11We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

Commentaries on Hebrews 11:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27He forsook Egypt - He believed that God would fulfill the promise he had made; and he cheerfully changed an earthly for a heavenly portion. Not fearing the wrath of the king - The apostle speaks here of the departure of Moses with the Israelites, not of his flight to Midian, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15; for he was then in great fear: but when he went to Pharaoh with God's authority, to demand the dismission of the Hebrews, he was without fear, and acted in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27By faith he forsook Egypt - Some have understood this of the first time in which Moses forsook Egypt, when he fled into Midian, as recorded in Exodus 2:14-15. He was at that time in fear of his life; but when he left Egypt at the head of the Hebrew people, he had no such apprehensions. God conducted him out with “an high hand,” and throughout all the events connected with that remarkable deliverance, he manifested no dread of Pharaoh, and had no…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-31Verses 20-31 Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come. Things present are not the best things; no man knoweth love or hatred by having them or wanting them. Jacob lived by faith, and he died by faith, and in faith. Though the grace of faith is of use always through our whole lives, it is especially so when we come to die. Faith has a great work to do at last, to help the believer to die to the Lord, so as to honour him, by patience, hope…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27Like his ancestor Abraham, Moses showed faith by leaving Egypt, the land he knew, and stepping into an unknown future (Exodus 2:15). not fearing the king's anger: Instead of fearing the king's anger, he focused on God, who is invisible.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. not fearing the wrath of the king--But in Ex 2:14 it is said, "Moses feared, and fled from the face of Pharaoh." He was afraid, and fled from the danger where no duty called him to stay (to have stayed without call of duty would have been to tempt Providence, and to sacrifice his hope of being Israel's future deliverer according to the divine intimations; his great aim, see on He 11:23). He did not fear the king so as to neglect his duty and not…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hebrews 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings