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

7again he determines a certain day, saying, in David, 'To-day,' after so long a time; (according as it has been said before), To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day. There remains then a sabbatism to the people of God. 10For he that has entered into his rest, he also has rested from his works, as God did from his own. 11Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word.

Hebrews 4:9 word by word

ἄρα ἀπολείπεται σαββατισμὸς τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear

• remainsἀπολείπωapoleipō · to leaveG620
• thenἄραara · thereforeG686
• peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:9

• Hebrews 4:1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed [of it].
• Hebrews 3:11so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.
• Isaiah 11:10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory.
• Isaiah 57:2He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, [each one] that hath walked in his uprightness.
• Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
• Revelation 7:14And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Revelation 21:4And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall not exist any more, nor grief, nor cry, nor distress shall exist any more, for the former things have passed away.
• Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have [the] temporary pleasure of sin;
• Psalms 47:9The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, [with] the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God [belong] the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.
• Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
• 1 Peter 2:10who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found 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