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Hebrews 4:8
8[This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak about another day [of opportunity] after that.
Hebrews 4:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
- New International Version (NIV)For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
Context of Hebrews 4:8
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.” [This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak about another day [of opportunity] after that. 9So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own.
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Εἰ γὰρ αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς κατέπαυσεν, οὐκ ἂν περὶ ἄλλης ἐλάλει μετὰ ταῦτα ἡμέρας·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JoshuaG2424
- had givenκαταπαύωkatapauō · to keep fromG2664
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- thenἄνan · ifG302
- would heλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
- notοὐou · noG3756
- afterwardμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- ·οὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
- anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
- dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
Cross-references for Hebrews 4:8
- Acts 7:45Our fathers also brought it in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, [and so it remained here] until the time of David,
- Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- Deuteronomy 12:9For you have not yet come to the resting place and to the inheritance which the Lord your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 25:19Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance to possess, you shall wipe out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget.
- Joshua 1:15until the Lord gives your brothers rest, as He has given you, and they also take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving them. Then you shall [be allowed to] return to your own land, and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”
- Joshua 22:4And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as He has promised them; so turn now and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the [east side of the] Jordan.
- Joshua 23:1A long time after that, when the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua had grown old and advanced in years,
- Psalms 78:55He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned; And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].
- Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations [of Canaan], So that they would possess the fruits of those peoples’ labor,
Commentaries on Hebrews 4:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8For if Jesus had given them rest - It is truly surprising that our translators should have rendered the of the text Jesus, and not Joshua, who is most clearly intended. They must have known that the יהושע Yehoshua of the Hebrew, which we write Joshua, is everywhere rendered , Jesus, by the Septuagint; and it is their reading which the apostle follows. It is true the Septuagint generally write , or ̔ , Jesus Nave, or Jesus, son of Nave, for it is thus they…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For if Jesus - Margin, “That is, Joshua.” The Syriac renders it, “Joshua the son of Nun.” “Jesus” is the Greek mode of writing “Joshua,” and there can be no doubt that Joshua is here intended. The object is to prove that Joshua did” not” give the people of God such a rest as to make it improper to speak of a “rest” after that time. “If Joshua had given them a complete and final rest; if by his conducting them to the promised land all had been done which…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Joshua and Jesus share the same name (Greek Iēsous, Hebrew Yehoshua‘). In the Old Testament, it is usually translated as Joshua, and in the New Testament, as Jesus (see also study note on Exodus 17:9). The author is making a wordplay on their shared name. Joshua led God's people into the promised land (Joshua 3–4), but God meant more when he promised rest. Jesus provides God's ultimate rest (Hebrews 3:13–14; 4:3, 9–11, 14–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Answer to the objection which might be made to his reasoning, namely, that those brought into Canaan by Joshua (so "Jesus" here means, as in Ac 7:45) did enter the rest of God. If the rest of God meant Canaan, God would not after their entrance into that land, have spoken (or speak [Alford]) of another (future) day of entering the rest.Read the comment
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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
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