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Source language
Original Greek   
ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν πόλιν, ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
exedekheto gar ten tous themelious ekhousan polin, es tekhnites kai demiourgos o theos.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
expectabat enim fundamenta habentem civitatem cuius artifex et conditor Deus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
American King James Version   
For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Authorized (King James) Version   
for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
New King James Version   
for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
21st Century King James Version   
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
American Standard Version   
for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For he was looking for The City which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For he was looking for The City which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Darby Bible Translation   
for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.
Darby Bible Translation   
for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For he looked for a city that hath foundations; whose builder and maker is God.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For he looked for a city that hath foundations; whose builder and maker is God.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
God's Word   
Abraham was waiting for the city that God had designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.
God's Word   
Abraham was waiting for the city that God had designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
International Standard Version   
because he was waiting for the city with permanent foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
International Standard Version   
because he was waiting for the city with permanent foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
NET Bible   
For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
NET Bible   
For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
New American Standard Bible   
for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
New American Standard Bible   
for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
New International Version   
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
New International Version   
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
New Living Translation   
Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.
New Living Translation   
Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Weymouth New Testament   
for he continually looked forward to the city which has the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Weymouth New Testament   
for he continually looked forward to the city which has the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
The World English Bible   
For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
The World English Bible   
For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
EasyEnglish Bible   
We see that Abraham was waiting to live in God's special place. That is the city that God himself has built. God has made it very strong so that it will be there for ever.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor [is] God.
New Life Version   
Abraham was looking to God and waiting for a city that could not be moved. It was a city planned and built by God.
Revised Geneva Translation   
For he awaited a city having a foundation whose Builder and Maker is God.
The Voice Bible   
because Abraham looked ahead to a city with foundations, a city laid out and built by God.
Living Bible   
Abraham did this because he was confidently waiting for God to bring him to that strong heavenly city whose designer and builder is God.
New Catholic Bible   
For he was looking forward to a city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Legacy Standard Bible   
for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
for he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Christian Standard Bible   
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has fixed and firm foundations, whose Architect and Builder is God.
New Century Version   
Abraham was waiting for the city that has real foundations—the city planned and built by God.
The Message   
By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God’s call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going. By an act of faith he lived in the country promised him, lived as a stranger camping in tents. Isaac and Jacob did the same, living under the same promise. Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real, eternal foundations—the City designed and built by God.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
for he was looking forward to the city which has foundations, whose designer and builder is · God.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
New Matthew Bible   
For he looked for a city having a foundation, whose builder and maker is God.
Good News Translation®   
For Abraham was waiting for the city which God has designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.
Wycliffe Bible   
For he abode a city having foundaments, whose craftsman and maker is God.
New Testament for Everyone   
He was looking ahead, you see, to the city which has foundations, the city of which God is the designer and builder.
Contemporary English Version   
Abraham did this, because he was waiting for the eternal city God had planned and built.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For he looked forward to the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
It was by faith that Abraham obeyed the summons to go out to a place which he would eventually possess, and he set out in complete ignorance of his destination. It was faith that kept him journeying like a foreigner through the land of promise, with no more home than the tents which he shared with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs with him of the promise. For Abraham’s eyes were looking forward to that city with solid foundations of which God himself is both architect and builder.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Common English Bible © 2011   
He was looking forward to a city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has foundations, [an eternal, heavenly city] whose architect and builder is God.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God.
New American Standard Bible   
for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
The Expanded Bible   
[L For] Abraham was waiting for the city [C the heavenly Jerusalem, symbolic of the presence of God; Heb. 12:22; Rev. 21:2] that has real foundations—the city ·planned and built by [L whose architect/designer and builder is] God.
Tree of Life Version   
For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Revised Standard Version   
For he looked forward to the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
New International Reader's Version   
Abraham was looking forward to the city that has foundations. He was waiting for the city that God planned and built.
BRG Bible   
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For he was looking forward to the city with permanent foundations, of which the architect and builder is God.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Abraham was looking for a city which will last for ever. It was the city God planned and made.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For Avraham Avinu was looking forward to HaIr (The City) having a yesod Olam (eternally firm foundation), whose Planner and Builder is Hashem.
Names of God Bible   
Abraham was waiting for the city that God had designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.
Modern English Version   
for he was looking for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Abraham was waiting for the city that has real foundations. He was waiting for the city that is planned and built by God.
International Children’s Bible   
Abraham was waiting for the city that has real foundations—the city planned and built by God.
Lexham English Bible   
For he was expecting the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
New International Version - UK   
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For he was waiting-for the city having foundations, of which God is designer and maker.