Hebrews 11:10 (YLT)

Passage

for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor <FI>is<Fi> God.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

Hebrews 11:9 by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

Hebrews 11:10 for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor <FI>is<Fi> God.

Hebrews 11:11 By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

Hebrews 11:12 wherefore, also from one were begotten--and that of one who had become dead--as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that <FI>is<Fi> by the sea-shore--the innumerable.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "looking", "city", "having", "foundations", "whose", "artificer", and "constructor". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "looking" and "city", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "by faith he did sojourn in the..." into verse 11's "By faith also Sarah herself did receive...", so "looking" and "city" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "looking" and "city" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.