Hebrews 3:19

Hebrews 3:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
• New International Version (NIV)So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Context of Hebrews 3:19

17With whom was God angry for 40 years? He was angry with those who sinned and died in the desert. 18Who did God swear would never enter his place of rest? He was talking about those who didn’t obey him. So we see that they couldn’t enter his place of rest because they didn’t believe.

Hebrews 3:19 word by word

καὶ βλέπομεν ὅτι οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν εἰσελθεῖν δι᾽ ἀπιστίαν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Soκαίkai · andG2532
• we seeβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• they couldδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• notοὐou · noG3756
• enter inεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• because ofδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• unbeliefἀπιστίαapistia · unbeliefG570

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:19

• Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• John 3:18Those who believe in him won’t be condemned. But those who don’t believe are already condemned because they don’t believe in God’s only Son.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:12Then everyone who did not believe the truth, but was delighted with what God disapproves of, will be condemned.
• 1 John 5:10Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony of God in them. Those who don’t believe God have made God a liar. They haven’t believed the testimony that God has given about his Son.
• Jude 1:5I want to remind you about what you already know: The Lord once saved his people from Egypt. But on another occasion he destroyed those who didn’t believe.

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19So we see that they could not enter in - It was no decree of God that prevented them, it was no want of necessary strength to enable them, it was through no deficiency of Divine counsel to instruct them; all these they had in abundance: but they chose to sin, and would not believe. Unbelief produced disobedience, and disobedience produced hardness of heart and blindness of mind; and all these drew down the judgments of God, and wrath came upon them to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19So we see … - We see from the direct testimony of the Old Testament that unbelief was the reason why they were excluded from the promised land. Let us learn in view of the reasoning and exhortations here: (1) The evil of unbelief. It excluded that whole generation, consisting of many hundred thousand souls, from the land of promise - the land to which they had looked with ardent hopes, and with warm desires. It will exclude countless millions from heaven…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. 19In Hebrews and the Old Testament, unbelief and disobedience are closely linked (Numbers 14:11; Deuteronomy 9:23; Psalm 78:22, 32). Because of their disobedience, they could not enter God's rest by entering the land of Canaan (Deuteronomy 3:20; 12:10; Joshua 1:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. they could not enter--though desiring it.Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:19

• Procrastination
• Reprobacy
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Apostle
• Moses
• Numbers, Book of
• Unbelief
• Congregation
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• Mark
• Papyrus

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