Hebrews 3:4

Hebrews 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
• New International Version (NIV)For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
• English Standard Version (ESV)(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.

Context of Hebrews 3:4

2He was faithful to Him who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house. 3Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater glory and honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5Now Moses was faithful in [the administration of] all God’s house, [but only] as a ministering servant, [his ministry serving] as a testimony of the things which were to be spoken afterward [the revelation to come in Christ]; 6but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father’s] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].

Hebrews 3:4 word by word

πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος, ὁ δὲ πάντα κατασκευάσας θεός.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• is buildedκατασκευάζωkataskeuazō · to prepareG2680
• byὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• butδέde · thenG1161
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:4

• Hebrews 3:3Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater glory and honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.
• Hebrews 1:2has in these last days spoken [with finality] to us in [the person of One who is by His character and nature] His Son [namely Jesus], whom He appointed heir and lawful owner of all things, through whom also He created the universe [that is, the universe as a space-time-matter continuum].
• Esther 2:10Esther did not reveal [the Jewish background of] her people or her family, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
• Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For every house is builded by some man - The literal sense is plain enough: "Every structure plainly implies an, architect, and an end for which it was formed. The architect may be employed by him for whose use the house is intended; but the efficient cause of the erection is that which is here to he regarded." The word house, here, is still taken in a metaphorical sense as above, it signifies family or Church. Now the general meaning of the words, taken…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For every house is builded by some man - The words in this verse are plain, and the sentiment in it clear. The only difficulty is in seeing the connection, and in understanding how it is intended to bear on what precedes, or on what follows. It is clear that every house must have a builder, and equally clear that God is the Creator of all things. But what is the meaning of this passage in this connection? What is its bearing on the argument? If the verse…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Jesus deserves more glory for two reasons: A person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself. The Messiah is the one who builds God’s house (see 2 Samuel 7:13). This implies that Moses is part of the house (God’s people) that God has built. While Moses was a servant in God’s house, Christ, as the Son, is the heir in charge of God’s entire house. Sons have a higher status than household servants.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Someone must be the establisher of every house; Moses was not the establisher of the house, but a portion of it (but He who established all things, and therefore the spiritual house in question, is God). Christ, as being instrumentally the Establisher of all things, must be the Establisher of the house, and so greater than Moses.Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:4

• Architecture
• God
• Types

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Apostle
• Moses
• Unbelief
• Builder
• Congregation
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness

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