Bible in Basic English
"Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us."
— Hebrews 11:40-1964, Bible in Basic English
“God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. ”
“God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. ”
“God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.”
“For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.”
“God providing some better thing for us, that they should not be perfected without us. ”
“God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. ”
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.