Hebrews 11:34

Hebrews 11:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
• New International Version (NIV)quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
• New King James Version (NKJV)quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

Context of Hebrews 11:34

32And what more shall I say? For time would fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets. 33By faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, and made foreign armies flee. 35Women received their dead raised back to life; and others were tortured, after not accepting release, so they might obtain a better resurrection. 36Others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging—yes, and even chains and prison.

Hebrews 11:34 word by word

ἔσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρός, ἔφυγον στόματα μαχαίρης, ἐδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας, ἐγενήθησαν ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ, παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Quenchedσβέννυμιsbennumi · to extinguishG4570
• the violenceδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• of fireπῦρpur · fireG4442
• escapedφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
• the edgeστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
• of the swordμάχαιραmachaira · swordG3162
• out ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• weaknessἀσθένειαastheneia · weakness: weakG769
• were made strongἐνδυναμόωendunamoō · to strengthenG1743
• waxedγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• valiantἰσχυρόςischuros · strongG2478
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• fightπόλεμοςpolēmos · warG4171
• turned to flightκλίνωklinō · to bow/lay downG2827
• the armiesπαρεμβολήparembolē · barracksG3925
• of the aliensἀλλότριοςallotrios · another’sG245

Cross-references for Hebrews 11:34

• Psalms 66:12You caused men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and water. Yet You brought us out to superabundance.
• Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, or through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, nor will the flame burn you.
• Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage and the appearance of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than it was normally heated
• 1 Peter 4:12Loved ones, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal taking place among you to test you—as though something strange were happening to you.
• 1 Samuel 20:1Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah, came before Jonathan and said, “What have I done? What is my crime? What is my sin against your father that he should be seeking my life?”
• 2 Samuel 21:16So Ishbi-benob—who was a descendant of the Raphah, whose spear weighed 300 shekels of bronze, who was girded with new armor—thought to kill David.
• 1 Kings 19:3Frightened, he got up and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, he left his servant there.
• 2 Kings 6:16“Fear not,” he replied, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
• Job 5:20In famine, He will redeem you from death, and in war, from the power of the sword.
• Psalms 144:10who gives salvation to kings, who rescues Your servant David from the evil sword.
• Jeremiah 26:24Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they did not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
• Judges 7:19So Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came up to the outermost part of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch. Then they blew the shofarot and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.
• Judges 8:4Then Gideon reached the Jordan and crossed over. He and the 300 men with him were exhausted, yet still pursuing.
• Judges 15:14When he arrived at Lehi, the Philistines shouted upon meeting him. But the Ruach Adonai came mightily upon him so that the ropes that were on his arms became like flax burned with fire and his bonds melted off his wrists.
• Judges 16:19Then she made him sleep upon her knees, and she called for a man and had the seven locks of his head shaved off. She even began to humiliate him while his strength departed from him.
• 2 Kings 20:7Then Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” So they took one and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Commentaries on Hebrews 11:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Quenched the violence of fire - As in the case of the three faithful Hebrews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who, for their steady attachment to God's worship, were cast into a fiery furnace, in which they were preserved, and from which they escaped unhurt. Dan. 3. Escaped the edge of the sword - Moses, who escaped the sword of Pharaoh, Exodus 18:4; Elijah, that of Jezebel; and David, that of Saul: and many others. Out of weakness were made strong…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Quenched the violence of fire - As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did; Daniel 3:15-26. “Escaped the edge of the sword.” As Elijah did when he fled from Ahab, 1 Kings 19:3; as Elijah did when he was delivered from the king of Syria, 2 Kings 6:16; and as David did when he fled from Saul. Out of weakness were made strong - Enabled to perform exploits beyond their natural strength, or raised up from a state of physical infirmity, and invigorated for…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-38Verses 32-38 After all our searches into the Scriptures, there is more to be learned from them. We should be pleased to think, how great the number of believers was under the Old Testament, and how strong their faith, though the objects of it were not then so fully made known as now. And we should lament that now, in gospel times, when the rule of faith is more clear and perfect, the number of believers should be so small, and their faith so weak. It is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34quenched the raging fire: See Daniel 3:16–30. escaped the edge of the sword: For example, Elijah and Jeremiah (see 1 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 1:1–18; Jeremiah 26:10–16; 38:1–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. Quenched the violence of fire--(Da 3:27). Not merely "quenched the fire," but "quenched the power (so the Greek) of the fire." Da 3:19-30 and 6:12-23 record the last miracles of the Old Testament. So the martyrs of the Reformation, though not escaping the fire, were delivered from its having power really or lastingly to hurt them. escaped ... sword--So Jephthah (Jud 12:3); and so David escaped Saul's sword (1Sa 18:11; 19:10, 12); Elijah (1Ki 19:1…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 11:34

• Abed-Nego
• Faith
• Fight of Faith
• Martyrdom
• Persecution
• War

In the dictionaries

• Barak
• Builder
• Conceive
• Confess
• Cruel
• Faith
• Impossible
• Proper
• Rewarder
• Trial

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