Hebrews 11:34 (YLT)

Passage

quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 11:32 And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,

Hebrews 11:33 who through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,

Hebrews 11:34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.

Hebrews 11:35 Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

Hebrews 11:36 and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "infirmities", "quenched", "power", "fire", "escaped", "mouth", "sword", and "powerful". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "infirmities" and "quenched", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "who through faith did subdue kingdoms wrought..." into verse 35's "Women received by a rising again their...", so "infirmities" and "quenched" 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 "infirmities" and "quenched" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.