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Hebrews 3:11
11Because of that, I promised to punish them. Because I was angry with them, I said, “They will never arrive in my special place of rest.” ’
Hebrews 3:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
- New International Version (NIV)So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Context of Hebrews 3:11
9For 40 years your ancestors saw the great things that I did. But still they did not obey me. 10That is why I became angry with them. I said, “They always want to do what is wrong. They refuse to understand my message.” Because of that, I promised to punish them. Because I was angry with them, I said, “They will never arrive in my special place of rest.” ’ 12So be careful, my Christian friends. Do not refuse to trust God. That would be a very bad thing to do. Do not turn away from the God who lives for ever. 13Instead, help each other to be strong every day. Today, you can still hear God's message. While that is still true, do not refuse to obey God. Do not think that sin will not hurt you. That is a lie.
Read all of Hebrews 3Hebrews 3:11 word by word
ὡς ὤμοσα ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου· εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Hebrews 3:11
- Hebrews 3:18God promised to punish them, because they refused to obey him. He said, ‘They will never arrive in my special place of rest.’
- Hebrews 4:3But those of us who trust God do enjoy his special place of rest. This is what God said: ‘Because I was very angry with them, I promised this: “They will never arrive in my special place of rest.” ’ God said that, even though he had finished his work when he made the world.
- Numbers 14:20Then the Lord said, ‘I have forgiven them as you asked me to do.
- Numbers 32:10As a result, the Lord was very angry with them.
- Deuteronomy 1:34When the Lord heard that you were complaining, he was angry. He made this serious promise:
- Deuteronomy 2:1438 years had passed since we left Kadesh-Barnea. By the time we crossed the Zered valley, all the men who had been old enough to fight had now died. The Lord had said that this would happen.
- Hebrews 4:9So we see this: God still has a place ready for his people, where they can rest. They will rest as God rested on the seventh day.
Commentaries on Hebrews 3:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11So I sware in my wrath - God's grief at their continued disobedience became wrath at their final impenitence, and therefore he excluded them from the promised rest.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11So I sware in my wrath - God is often represented in the Scriptures as “swearing” - and usually as swearing by himself, or by his own existence. Of course this in figurative, and denotes a strong affirmation, or a settled and determined purpose. An oath with us implies the strongest affirmation, or the expression of the most settled and determined purpose of mind. The meaning here is, that so refractory and perverse had they showed themselves, that he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 Days of temptation are often days of provocation. But to provoke God, when he is letting us see that we entirely depend and live upon him, is a provocation indeed. The hardening of the heart is the spring of all other sins. The sins of others, especially of our relations, should be warnings to us. All sin, especially sin committed by God's professing, privileged people, not only provokes God, but it grieves him. God is loth to destroy any in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Rebellion has consequences. God’s anger is not just an emotional reaction. It is his fair and just response to sin (John 3:36; Romans 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:16). God's promise (see Hebrews 6:13–20; 7:20–22, 28) was that they would never enter Canaan, the land of rest from their travels (Deuteronomy 1:19–46; 3:20; 12:10; Joshua 1:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-117-11. Exhortation from Psa 95:7-11, not through unbelief to lose participation in the spiritual house. Seeing that we are the house of God if we hold fast our confidence ... (He 3:6). Jesus is "faithful," be not ye unfaithful (He 3:2, 12). The sentence beginning with "wherefore," interrupted by the parenthesis confirming the argument from Psa 95:7-11, is completed at He 3:12, "Take heed," &c. Holy Ghost saith--by the inspired Psalmist; so that the words…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 3
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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