Hebrews 3:16

Hebrews 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
• New International Version (NIV)Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?

Context of Hebrews 3:16

14For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end, 15while it is said, “Today [while there is still opportunity] if you hear His voice, Do not harden your heart, as when they provoked Me [in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah].” For who were they who heard and yet provoked Him [with rebellious acts]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? 17And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert? 18And to whom did He swear [an oath] that they would not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [those who would not listen to His word]?

Hebrews 3:16 word by word

τίνες γὰρ ἀκούσαντες παρεπίκραναν; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντες οἱ ἐξελθόντες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου διὰ Μωϋσέως;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• when they had heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• did provokeπαραπικραίνωparapikrainō · to rebelG3893
• howbeitἀλλάalla · butG235
• notοὐou · noG3756
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• that cameἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:16

• Hebrews 3:9Where your fathers tried Me by testing [My forbearance and tolerance], And saw My works for forty years [And found I stood their test].
• Numbers 14:2All the Israelites murmured [in discontent] against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness!
• Numbers 26:65For the Lord had said of them, “They shall certainly die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
• Psalms 78:17Yet they still continued to sin against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
• Numbers 14:24But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land into which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.
• Deuteronomy 1:36except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has walked, because he has followed the Lord completely [and remained true to Him].’
• Joshua 14:7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to scout the land [of Canaan], and I brought a report back to him as it was in my heart.
• Romans 11:4But what is God’s response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16For some, when they had heard, did provoke - There is a various reading here, which consists merely in the different placing of an accent, and yet gives the whole passage a different turn: - , from , who, if read with the accent on the epsilon, ̀, is the plural indefinite, and signifies some, as in our translation; if read with the accent on the iota, ́, it has an interrogative meaning; and, according to this, the whole clause, ́ ; But who were those…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For some - Some of the Hebrews who came out of Egypt. The truth was that a large proportion of them rebelled against God, and provoked him to indignation. It is somewhat remarkable that though “all” the Hebrews seem to have joined in the provocation - except a very small number - Paul should have used language which would seem to imply that the number which rebelled was comparatively small. Another version, therefore, has been given to this passage by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-19Verses 14-19 The saints' privilege is, they are made partakers of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all Christ is, in all he has done, or will do. The same spirit with which Christians set out in the ways of God, they should maintain unto the end. Perseverance in faith is the best evidence of the sincerity of our faith. Hearing the word often is a means of salvation, yet, if not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-19These verses use a series of quick questions and answers, a common rhetorical method. The three questions follow the ideas in Psalm 95:8–11: The people of Israel rebelled against God, God was angry, and God swore they would never enter his rest. The answers come from other Old Testament passages about the Israelites' rebellion in the wilderness (Numbers 14; Deuteronomy 9; Psalm 106). The author emphasizes the severe consequences of disobeying God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. For some--rather interrogatively, "For WHO was it that, when they had heard (referring to 'if ye will hear,' He 3:15), did provoke (God)?" The "For" implies, Ye need to take heed against unbelief: for, was it not because of unbelief that all our fathers were excluded (Eze 2:3)? "Some," and "not all," would be a faint way of putting his argument, when his object is to show the universality of the evil. Not merely some, but all the Israelites, for the…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
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Commentaries on Hebrews 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings