Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
Note Literally transferred or translated
Note Genesis 5:24 (see also LXX)
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Enoch
- Genesis 5:22–24; Luke 3:37; Jude 1:14
- translated
- 2 Kings 2:11; Psalm 89:48; John 8:51, 52
- and was
- 2 Kings 2:16, 17; Jeremiah 36:26; Revelation 11:9–12
- this testimony
- Hebrews 11:3, 4
- that he
- Hebrews 11:6; Genesis 5:22; Romans 8:8, 9; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 John 3:22