Hebrews 4:9

Hebrews 4:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
• New International Version (NIV)There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
• English Standard Version (ESV)So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,
• New King James Version (NKJV)There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

Context of Hebrews 4:9

7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” 8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. 11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Hebrews 4:9 word by word

ἄρα ἀπολείπεται σαββατισμὸς τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear

• There remainsἀπολείπωapoleipō · to leaveG620
• thenἄραara · thereforeG686
• a Sabbath restσαββατισμόςsabbatismos · Sabbath restG4520
• for theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:9

• Hebrews 4:1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
• Hebrews 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
• Isaiah 11:10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
• Isaiah 57:2Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
• Isaiah 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
• Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Revelation 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
• Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
• Psalms 47:9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
• Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
• 1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Commentaries on Hebrews 4:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9There, remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God - It was not, The rest of the Sabbath; it was not, The rest in the promised land, for the psalmist wrote long after the days of Joshua; therefore there is another rest, a state of blessedness, for the people of God; and this is the Gospel, the blessings it procures and communicates, and the eternal glory which it prepares for, and has promised to, genuine believers. There are two words in this chapter…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9There remaineth, therefore, a rest - This is the conclusion to which the apostle comes. The meaning is this, that according to the Scriptures there is “now” a promise of rest made to the people of God. It did not pertain merely to those who were called to go to the promised land, nor to those who lived in the time of David, but it is “still” true that the promise of rest pertains to “all” the people of God of every generation. The “reasoning” by which the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9a Sabbath rest: The sacrifice of Jesus worked like a Day of Atonement sacrifice (Hebrews 5:1–3; 9:13–22; see Leviticus 23:26–28, 32). Through Christ's sacrifice, God's promised rest is available to his people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. therefore--because God "speaks of another day" (see on He 4:8). remaineth--still to be realized hereafter by the "some (who) must enter therein" (He 4:6), that is, "the people of God," the true Israel who shall enter into God's rest ("My rest," He 4:3). God's rest was a Sabbatism; so also will ours be. a rest--Greek, "Sabbatism." In time there are many Sabbaths, but then there shall be the enjoyment and keeping of a Sabbath-rest: one perfect and…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 4:9

• Faith
• Heaven
• Holiness
• Regeneration
• Rest
• Righteous
• Sabbath
• Salvation
• Works

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• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• people of God
• Discerner
• Eternal life
• Example
• Fall
• Naked
• Powerful
• Rest

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