Hebrews 4:5

Hebrews 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
• New International Version (NIV)And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And again in this passage he said, "They shall not enter my rest."
• New King James Version (NKJV)and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”

Context of Hebrews 4:5

3For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said, “As I swore [an oath] in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest,” [this He said] although His works were completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe]. 4For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; and again in this, “They shall not enter My rest.” 6Therefore, since the promise remains for some to enter His rest, and those who formerly had the good news preached to them failed to [grasp it and did not] enter because of [their unbelief evidenced by] disobedience, 7He again sets a definite day, [a new] “Today,” [providing another opportunity to enter that rest by] saying through David after so long a time, just as has been said before [in the words already quoted], “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 4:5 word by word

καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πάλιν· εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• Ifεἰei · if: notG1487
• they shall enterεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• restὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• restκατάπαυσιςkatapausis · restG2663

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:5

• Hebrews 4:3For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said, “As I swore [an oath] in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest,” [this He said] although His works were completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe].
• Hebrews 3:11So I swore [an oath] in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest [the promised land].’ ”

Commentaries on Hebrews 4:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And in this place again - In the ninety-fifth Psalm, already quoted, Psalm 95:3. This was a second rest which the Lord promised to the believing, obedient seed of Abraham; and as it was spoken of in the days of David, when the Jews actually possessed this long promised Canaan, therefore it is evident that that was not the rest which God intended, as the next verse shows.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And in this place again - Psalm 95:11. If they shall enter - That is, they shall not enter; see the notes at Hebrews 3:11. The object of quoting this here seems to be two-fold: (1)To show that even in this Psalm God spoke of “his” rest, and said that they should not enter into it; and, (2)it is connected with Hebrews 4:6, and is designed to show that it was implied that a rest yet remained. “That which deserves to be called “the divine rest” is spoken of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5This quote from Psalm 95:11 repeats the idea found in Hebrews 4:3.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. in this place--In this passage of the Psalm again, it is implied that the rest was even then still future.Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 4:5

• Faith
• Procrastination
• Prophecy
• Regeneration
• Rest
• Salvation
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Discerner
• Example
• Fall
• Naked
• Powerful
• Asunder
• Congregation
• Fair
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hearth

Commentaries on Hebrews 4

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings