Hebrews 11:21 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).
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Hebrews 11:21 and Genesis 47:31: Jacob’s staff or Jacob’s bed?
In the Hebrew text of Genesis 47:31 Israel bows “upon the bed’s head.” In the Septuagint he bows “on the top of his staff,” and Hebrews 11:21 quotes the Greek. The Hebrew consonants can be read either way; only the later vowel marks decide. The Orthodox Church reads “staff,” and St John of Damascus used the verse in defending the veneration of holy things.
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, leaning on the top of his staff.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning ]upon the top of his staff.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff.
LSV Literal Standard Version
By faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped on the top of his staff.
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
By faith Jacob [when] dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshiped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
By faith Iacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and leaning on the ende of his staffe, worshipped God.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
It was by faith that Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons. Jacob worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
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)
By fayth Iacob when he was a dyinge blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph and bowed him selfe towarde the toppe of his cepter.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
by faith Jacob dying — each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
FBV Free Bible Version
Trusting in God, Jacob as he was dying blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped God, leaning on his staff.
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
By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Por fé Jacob, estando para morir, bendixo á cada uno de los hijos de Joseph: y adoró la altura de su vara.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Por fe Jacob, muriéndose, bendijo á cada uno de los hijos de José, y adoró [estribando] sobre la punta de su bordón.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Por la fe, Jacob, cuando ya estaba a punto de morir, bendijo a cada uno de los hijos de José y, apoyándose en la punta de su bastón, adoró.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Por fe Jacob, cuando iba a morir, bendijo a cada uno de los hijos de José y adoró apoyado sobre el extremo de su bastón.
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)
Confiando en Dios, Jacob, casi a punto de morir, bendijo a los hijos de José, y adoró a Dios apoyado en su bastón.
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)
Por la fe Jacob, cuando estaba por morir, bendijo a cada uno de los hijos de José, y adoró apoyado en la punta de su bastón.
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)
Πίστει Ἰακὼβ ἀποθνήσκων ἕκαστον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωσὴφ εὐλόγησε, καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
πιστει ιακωβ αποθνησκων εκαστον των υιων ιωσηφ ευλογησεν, και προσεκυνησεν επι το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου.
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)
Πίστει Ἰακὼβ ἀποθνῄσκων ἕκαστον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωσὴφ εὐλόγησε, καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
πιστει ιακωβ αποθνησκων εκαστον των υιων ιωσηφ ευλογησεν και προσεκυνησεν επι το ακρον τησ ραβδου αυτου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Πίστει Ἰακὼβ ἀποθνῄσκων ἕκαστον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωσὴφ εὐλόγησεν, καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
πίστει Ἰακὼβ ἀποθνῄσκων ἕκαστον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωσὴφ εὐλόγησεν, καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ.
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
Fide Jacob, moriens, singulos filiorum Joseph benedixit: et adoravit fastigium virgæ ejus.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Вѣ́рою і҆а́кѡвъ ᲂу҆мира́ѧ коего́ждо сы́на і҆ѡ́сифова благословѝ и҆ поклони́сѧ на ве́рхъ жезла̀ є҆гѡ̀.
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)
Верою Иаков, умирая, благословил каждого сына Иосифова и поклонился на верх жезла своего.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Διά πίστεως ο Ιακώβ αποθνήσκων ηυλόγησεν έκαστον των υιών του Ιωσήφ και προσεκύνησεν επιστηριζόμενος επί το άκρον της ράβδου αυτού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Вером благослови Јаков умирући сваког сина Јосифовог, и поклони се врху палице његове.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Verom blagoslovi Jakov umirući svakog sina Josifovog, i pokloni se vrhu palice njegove.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
بِٱلْإِيمَانِ يَعْقُوبُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ بَارَكَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنِ ٱبْنَيْ يُوسُفَ، وَسَجَدَ عَلَى رَأْسِ عَصَاهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC