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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come.

Context of Hebrews 4:8

6Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, 7again he appoints a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. 9So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works 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 fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
• Deuteronomy 12:9for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 25:19Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.
• Joshua 1:15until the Lord gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and shall possess it, the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise."
• Joshua 22:4And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
• Joshua 23:1A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
• Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
• Psalms 105:44And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,

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