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The present-tense translation of the second half of this verse by the [[Geneva Bible]] (which was the first full English translation of the [[Bible]] with commentary) is better:

The present-tense translation of the second half of this verse by the [[Geneva Bible]] (which was the first full English translation of the [[Bible]] with commentary) is better:

{{cquote|Through faith we understand that the world was ordained by the word of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appear.<ref>1599 edition of the Geneva Bible.</ref>}}

{{cquote|Through faith we understand that the world was ordained by the word of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appear.<ref>1599 edition of the Geneva Bible.</ref>}}

Notice the conflict in tense reflected by the phrase "things that are visible," if it relates to creation long ago. The respected [[NASB]] version likewise translates the last phrase in an identical manner, with the present tense "things that are visible."

Notice the conflict in tense reflected by the phrase "things that are visible" in the first translation above ([[ESV]]), as if it relates only to creation long ago. The respected [[NASB]] version likewise translates the last phrase in an identical manner, with the present tense "things that are visible" rather than as "things that were visible."

Its original [[Greek]] permits an inference that the creation of the visible from the invisible is in the present, not merely at the origin of the [[universe]], and modern [[quantum mechanics]] confirms that interpretation.  The verse could better be translated with consistent use of the present tense, as follows:

Its original [[Greek]] permits an inference that the creation of the visible from the invisible is in the present, not merely at the origin of the [[universe]], and modern [[quantum mechanics]] confirms that interpretation.  The verse could better be translated with consistent use of the present tense, as follows: