MKJV
KJV
40. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
ASV
40. God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
ESV
40. since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
ERVEN
40. God planned something better for us. He wanted to make us perfect. Of course, he wanted those great people to be made perfect too, but not before we could all enjoy that blessing together.
NLT
40. For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.
WEB
40. God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
NET
40. For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.
NLV
40. God had planned something better for us. These men could not be made perfect without us.
HCSB
40. since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.
YLT
40. God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
LITV
40. God having foreseen something better concerning us, that they should not be perfected apart from us.
RV
40. God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
NCV
40. God planned to give us something better so that they would be made perfect, but only together with us.
AKJV
40. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
LXXEN
KJV
40. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
AMP
40. Because God had us in mind and had something better and greater in view for us, so that they [these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us [before we could join them].
KJVP
40. God G2316 N-GSM having provided G4265 V-AMP-GSM some G5100 X-ASN better thing G2909 A-ASN for G4012 PREP us G2257 P-1GP , that G2443 CONJ they without G5565 ADV us G2257 P-1GP should not G3361 PRT-N be made perfect G5048 V-APS-3P .
YLT
40. God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
ASV
40. God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
WEB
40. God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
NASB
40. God had foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should not be made perfect.
ESV
40. since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
RV
40. God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
RSV
40. since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
NKJV
40. God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
MKJV
40. for God had provided some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.
AKJV
40. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
NRSV
40. since God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect.
NIV
40. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
NIRV
40. God had planned something better for us. So they would only be made perfect together with us.
NLT
40. For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.
MSG
40. God had a better plan for us: that their faith and our faith would come together to make one completed whole, their lives of faith not complete apart from ours.
GNB
40. because God had decided on an even better plan for us. His purpose was that only in company with us would they be made perfect.
NET
40. For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.
ERVEN
40. God planned something better for us. He wanted to make us perfect. Of course, he wanted those great people to be made perfect too, but not before we could all enjoy that blessing together.