Hebrews 11:2
 Hebrews 11:2 
King James Version
For by it the elders obtained a good report.

American Standard Version
For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

Young's Literal Translation
for in this were the elders testified of;

Hebrews 11:2 Additional Translations
Geneva Study Bible

{2} For by it the {a} elders obtained a good report.

(2) He shows that the fathers ought to be accounted of by this virtue.

(a) That is, those fathers from whom we came: and whose authority and example ought to move us very much.


People's New Testament

11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. The ancient men of God, through faith, so lived, that they have obtained a good name.

Hebrews 11:2 Parallel Commentaries
Ancients Approval Borne Commended Divine Elders Fathers Gained God's Good Obtained Power Received Report Saints Testified Testimony Therein Witness Won
Ancients Approval Borne Commended Divine Elders Fathers Gained God's Good Obtained Power Received Report Saints Testified Testimony Therein Witness Won
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Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: