Hebrews 11:16 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
But now they desire a better, that is to say, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
But now they hunger for a better place, that is, Heaven. For this reason, God is not ashamed to be called their God. For he has prepared a city for them.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
LSV Literal Standard Version
but now they long for better, that is, heavenly, for this reason God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He prepared a city for them.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
But now they desire a better [country] , that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
But nowe they desire a better, that is an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, since he has prepared a city for them.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
But now they desyre a better that is to saye a hevenlye. Wherfore God is not ashamed of them even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.
FBV Free Bible Version
But they're looking for a better country instead, a heavenly country. That is why God isn't disappointed with them, and is happy to be called their God, for he has built a city for them.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Mas ahora aspiran á otra mejor, esto es, á la celestial. Y por eso Dios no se desdeña de llamarse Dios de ellos: porque les aparejó ciudad.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Empero deseaban la mejor, es á saber, la celestial; por lo cual Dios no se avergüenza de llamarse Dios de ellos: porque les había aparejado ciudad.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Deseaban, más bien, una patria mejor, es decir, la celestial. Por eso, Dios no se avergonzó de llamarse el Dios de ellos, y les preparó una ciudad.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero en ese momento se esforzaban por una [patria] mejor, esto es celestial, por lo cual Dios no se avergüenza de llamarse Dios de ellos, porque les preparó una ciudad.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Pero ellos esperan un mejor país, un país celestial. Por eso Dios no se defrauda de ellos, y se alegra de llamarse su Dios, porque él ha construido una ciudad para ellos.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Pero ahora desean una patria mejor, es decir, celestial. Por eso Dios no se avergüenza de ser llamado Dios de ellos, porque les ha preparado una ciudad.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
νῦν δὲ κρείττονος ὀρέγονται, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ἐπουρανίου. διὸ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς Θεὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν· ἡτοίμασε γὰρ αὐτοῖς πόλιν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
νυν δε κρειττονος ορεγονται, τουτ εστιν επουρανιου. διο ουκ επαισχυνεται αυτους ο θεος θεος επικαλεισθαι αυτων· ητοιμασεν γαρ αυτοις πολιν.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Νυνὶ δὲ κρείττονος ὀρέγονται, τοῦτ᾿ ἔστιν, ἐπουρανίου· διὸ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεός, Θεὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν· ἡτοίμασε γὰρ αὐτοῖς πόλιν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
νυν δε κρειττονοσ ορεγονται τουτ εστιν επουρανιου διο ουκ επαισχυνεται αυτουσ ο θεοσ θεοσ επικαλεισθαι αυτων ητοιμασεν γαρ αυτοισ πολιν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
νῦν δὲ κρείττονος ὀρέγονται, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἐπουρανίου. διὸ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς Θεὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν· ἡτοίμασεν γὰρ αὐτοῖς πόλιν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
νῦν δὲ κρείττονος ὀρέγονται, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ἐπουρανίου. διὸ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς θεὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν, ἡτοίμασεν γὰρ αὐτοῖς πόλιν.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
nunc autem meliorem appetunt, id est, cælestem. Ideo non confunditur Deus vocari Deus eorum: paravit enim illis civitatem.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
нн҃ѣ же лꙋ́чшагѡ жела́ютъ, си́рѣчь нбⷭ҇нагѡ: тѣ́мже не стыди́тсѧ си́ми бг҃ъ, бг҃ъ нарица́тисѧ и҆́хъ: ᲂу҆гото́ва бо и҆̀мъ гра́дъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
но они стремились к лучшему, то есть к небесному; посему и Бог не стыдится их, называя Себя их Богом: ибо Он приготовил им город.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
τώρα όμως επιθυμούσι καλητέραν, τουτέστιν επουράνιον. Διά τούτο ο Θεός δεν επαισχύνεται αυτούς να λέγηται Θεός αυτών, διότι ητοίμασε δι' αυτούς πόλιν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Али сад боље желе, то јест небеско. Зато се Бог не стиди њих назвати се Бог њихов; јер им приправи град.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ali sad bolje žele, to jest nebesko. Zato se Bog ne stidi njih nazvati se Bog njihov; jer im pripravi grad.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَلَكِنِ ٱلْآنَ يَبْتَغُونَ وَطَنًا أَفْضَلَ، أَيْ سَمَاوِيًّا. لِذَلِكَ لَا يَسْتَحِي بِهِمِ ٱللهُ أَنْ يُدْعَى إِلَهَهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ مَدِينَةً.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC