Hebrews 4:8

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 it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience, 7he again specifies a certain day — today. He specified this speaking through David after such a long time: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people. 10For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his.

Hebrews 4:8 word by word

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 ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.
• Deuteronomy 12:9Indeed, you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 25:19When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven. Do not forget.
• Joshua 1:15until the Lord gives your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they too possess the land the Lord your God is giving them. You may then return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of what Moses the Lord’s servant gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
• Joshua 22:4Now that he has given your brothers rest, just as he promised them, return to your homes in your own land that Moses the Lord’s servant gave you across the Jordan.
• Joshua 23:1A long time after the Lord had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, Joshua was old, advanced in age.
• Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them. He apportioned their inheritance by lot and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
• Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited what other peoples had worked for.

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

Topics related to Hebrews 4:8

• Faith
• Jesus Continued
• Joshua
• Regeneration
• Rest
• Salvation
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Discerner
• Example
• Fall
• Joshua
• Naked
• Powerful
• Asunder
• Congregation

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