American Standard Version
Hebrews 4:7
7he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before),
To-day if ye shall hear his voice,Harden not your hearts.
Hebrews 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
- New International Version (NIV)God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)again he appoints a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
- New King James Version (NKJV)again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
Context of Hebrews 4:7
5and in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest. 6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience, he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts. 8For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. 9There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.
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πάλιν τινὰ ὁρίζει ἡμέραν· σήμερον, ἐν Δαυὶδ λέγων· μετὰ τοσοῦτον χρόνον, καθὼς προείρηται, σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε, μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear
- againπάλινpalin · againG3825
- certainτιςtis · oneG5100
- dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- DavidΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, ΔαβίδDabid · DavidG1138
- soτοσοῦτοςtosoutos · so greatG5118
- timeχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
- Hardenσκληρύνωsklērunō · to hardenG4645
- heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
Cross-references for Hebrews 4:7
- Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,
- 2 Samuel 23:1Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised on high saith, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- Matthew 22:43He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
- Mark 12:36David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
- Luke 20:42For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- Acts 2:29Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
- Acts 28:25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers,
- Psalms 95:7For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!
- 1 Kings 6:1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.
- Acts 13:20and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
Commentaries on Hebrews 4:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He limiteth a certain day - The term day signifies not only time in general, but also present time, and a particular space. Day here seems to have the same meaning as rest in some other parts of this verse. The day or time of rest relative to the ancient Jews being over and past, and a long time having elapsed between God's displeasure shown to the disobedient Jews in the wilderness and the days of David, and the true rest not having been enjoyed, God in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Again, he limiteth - He designates, or definitely mentions. The word rendered “limiteth” - ̔́ horizei- means to “bound,” to set a boundary - as of a field or farm; and then to determine or fix definitely, to designate, appoint. Here it means, that he specifies particularly, or mentions expressly. A certain day - A particular time; he mentions today particularly. That is, in the time of David, he uses the word “today,” as if time was “then” an offer of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7God again designated a certain day as “Today,”: David wrote Psalm 95 long after the events in the wilderness, so God's rest is not just for that earlier generation. The words from Psalm 95:7–8 urge us not to harden our hearts when we hear God's voice, so we can enter the rest that the people in the wilderness missed. This chance is available today (see Hebrews 3:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Again--Anew the promise recurs. Translate as the Greek order is, "He limited a certain day, 'To-day.'" Here Paul interrupts the quotation by, "In (the Psalm of) David saying after so long a time (after five hundred years' possession of Canaan)," and resumes it by, "as it has been said before (so the Greek oldest manuscript, before, namely, He 3:7, 15), To-day if ye hear His voice," &c. [Alford].Read the comment
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- 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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