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 suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do 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
• he forsookκαταλείπωkataleipō · to leave behindG2641
• EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• notμήmē · notG3361
• fearingφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• the wrathὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wrathθυμόςthumos · wrathG2372
• of the kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• he enduredκαρτερέωkartereō · to endureG2594
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• seeingὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• him who is invisibleἀόρατοςaoratos · invisibleG517

Cross-references for Hebrews 11:27

• Exodus 10:28And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
• Exodus 11:8And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
• Exodus 12:11And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Yhwh’s passover.
• Exodus 13:17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
• Exodus 2:14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
• Exodus 4:19And Yhwh said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
• Exodus 14:10And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Yhwh.
• Hebrews 6:15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
• Hebrews 10:32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
• Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
• Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• Matthew 24:13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
• Mark 4:17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
• Mark 13:13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
• 1 Corinthians 13:7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
• James 5:11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very compassionate, and of tender mercy.

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