Hebrews 3:16

Hebrews 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
• New International Version (NIV)Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?

Context of Hebrews 3:16

14We must continue to trust Christ very well, as we did when we first believed in him. We must continue to trust him until the end of our lives. Then we will share in everything that is his. 15We have seen what the Bible says: ‘You must listen when you hear God speak today. Do not refuse to obey him. Do not be like God's people many years ago, when they turned against God.’ Who were those people who heard God speak? All of them were the people that Moses led away from Egypt. They heard God's message, but they refused to obey him. 17Who was God angry with for 40 years? He was angry with those same people. They did what was wrong. So they died and their bodies remained in the wilderness. 18God promised to punish them, because they refused to obey him. He said, ‘They will never arrive in my special place of rest.’

Hebrews 3:16 word by word

τίνες γὰρ ἀκούσαντες παρεπίκραναν; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντες οἱ ἐξελθόντες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου διὰ Μωϋσέως;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• when they had heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• did provokeπαραπικραίνωparapikrainō · to rebelG3893
• howbeitἀλλάalla · butG235
• notοὐou · noG3756
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• that cameἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:16

• Hebrews 3:9For 40 years your ancestors saw the great things that I did. But still they did not obey me.
• Numbers 14:2All the Israelites spoke bad words against Moses and Aaron. All the people said to them, ‘We would rather have died in Egypt, or even in this desert!
• Numbers 26:65The Lord had said about those men, ‘They will certainly die in the desert.’ Among all those men, only Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun were still alive.
• Psalms 78:17But his people continued to do bad things against him. In the wilderness, they turned against the Most High God.
• Numbers 14:24But my servant Caleb has thought differently, and he has obeyed me completely. So I will bring him into the land that he explored. It will belong to his descendants.
• Deuteronomy 1:36Only Jephunneh's son Caleb will see it. He has obeyed me faithfully. So I will give to him and to his descendants the land that he walked on.’
• Joshua 14:7I was 40 years old when Moses sent me from there to explore the land of Canaan. I brought back to him a true report. I was sure that we could take the land.
• Romans 11:4This was God's answer to Elijah: ‘There are still 7,000 men that I have kept for myself. Those men have not worshipped the false god Baal.’

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16For some, when they had heard, did provoke - There is a various reading here, which consists merely in the different placing of an accent, and yet gives the whole passage a different turn: - , from , who, if read with the accent on the epsilon, ̀, is the plural indefinite, and signifies some, as in our translation; if read with the accent on the iota, ́, it has an interrogative meaning; and, according to this, the whole clause, ́ ; But who were those…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For some - Some of the Hebrews who came out of Egypt. The truth was that a large proportion of them rebelled against God, and provoked him to indignation. It is somewhat remarkable that though “all” the Hebrews seem to have joined in the provocation - except a very small number - Paul should have used language which would seem to imply that the number which rebelled was comparatively small. Another version, therefore, has been given to this passage by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-19Verses 14-19 The saints' privilege is, they are made partakers of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all Christ is, in all he has done, or will do. The same spirit with which Christians set out in the ways of God, they should maintain unto the end. Perseverance in faith is the best evidence of the sincerity of our faith. Hearing the word often is a means of salvation, yet, if not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-19These verses use a series of quick questions and answers, a common rhetorical method. The three questions follow the ideas in Psalm 95:8–11: The people of Israel rebelled against God, God was angry, and God swore they would never enter his rest. The answers come from other Old Testament passages about the Israelites' rebellion in the wilderness (Numbers 14; Deuteronomy 9; Psalm 106). The author emphasizes the severe consequences of disobeying God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. For some--rather interrogatively, "For WHO was it that, when they had heard (referring to 'if ye will hear,' He 3:15), did provoke (God)?" The "For" implies, Ye need to take heed against unbelief: for, was it not because of unbelief that all our fathers were excluded (Eze 2:3)? "Some," and "not all," would be a faint way of putting his argument, when his object is to show the universality of the evil. Not merely some, but all the Israelites, for the…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:16

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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Moses
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Apostle
• Unbelief
• Congregation
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• How

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