New English Translation
Hebrews 11:5
5By 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.
Hebrews 11:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- New International Version (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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.
- New King James Version (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.
Context of Hebrews 11:5
3By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. 4By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead. 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. 6Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. 7By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Read all of Hebrews 11Hebrews 11:5 word by word
Πίστει Ἑνὼχ μετετέθη τοῦ μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον καὶ οὐχ ηὑρίσκετο διότι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός· πρὸ γὰρ τῆς μεταθέσεως μεμαρτύρηται εὐαρεστηκέναι τῷ θεῷ·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- By faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
- EnochἘνώχEnōch · EnochG1802
- was translatedμετατίθημιmetatithēmi · to transportG3346
- thatμήmē · notG3361
- he shouldὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- wasεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
- notοὐou · noG3756
- becauseδιότιdioti · becauseG1360
- Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
- translationμετάθεσιςmetathesis · removal/changeG3331
- he had this testimonyμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
- that he pleasedεὐαρεστέωeuaresteō · to pleaseG2100
Cross-references for Hebrews 11:5
- Genesis 5:22After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
- Luke 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,
- Jude 1:14Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying, “Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,
- 2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.
- Psalms 89:48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)
- John 8:51I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”
- 2 Kings 2:16They said to him, “Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the Lord may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha replied, “Don’t send them out.”
- Jeremiah 36:26He also ordered Jerahmeel, who was one of the royal princes, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. However, the Lord hid them.
- Revelation 11:9For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.
- Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.
- Hebrews 11:6Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
- Romans 8:8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.
- 1 John 3:22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
Commentaries on Hebrews 11:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5By faith Enoch was translated - It is said, in Genesis 5:24, that Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. Here the apostle explains what God's taking him means, by saying that he was translated that he should not see death; from which we learn that he did not die, and that God took him to a state of blessedness without obliging him to pass through death. See his history explained at large in the above place, in Genesis 5:22-24.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5By faith Enoch was translated - The account of Enoch is found in Genesis 5:21-24. It is very brief, and is this, that “Enoch walked with God, and was not, for God took him.” There is no particular mention of his “faith,” and the apostle attributes this to him, as in the case of Abel, either because it was involved in the very nature of piety, or because the fact was communicated to him by direct revelation. In the account in Genesis, there is nothing…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-7Verses 4-7 Here follow some illustrious examples of faith from the Old Testament. Abel brought a sacrifice of atonement from the firstlings of the flock, acknowledging himself a sinner who deserved to die, and only hoping for mercy through the great Sacrifice. Cain's proud rage and enmity against the accepted worshipper of God, led to the awful effects the same principles have produced in every age; the cruel persecution, and even murder of believers. By…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Enoch went to heaven and did not face a normal death (see Genesis 5:21–24). “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”: Genesis 5:24.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Faith was the ground of his pleasing God; and his pleasing God was the ground of his translation. translated--(Ge 5:22, 24). Implying a sudden removal (the same Greek as in Ga 1:6) from mortality without death to immortality: such a CHANGE as shall pass over the living at Christ's coming (1Co 15:51, 52). had this testimony--namely of Scripture; the Greek perfect implies that this testimony continues still: "he has been testified of." pleased God--The…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
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