God’s Word Translation
Hebrews 3:4
4After all, every house has a builder, but the builder of everything is God.
Hebrews 3:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
- New International Version (NIV)For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
- English Standard Version (ESV)(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)
- New King James Version (NKJV)For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.
Context of Hebrews 3:4
2Jesus is faithful to God, who appointed him, in the same way that Moses was faithful when he served in God’s house. 3Jesus deserves more praise than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house is praised more than the house. After all, every house has a builder, but the builder of everything is God. 5Moses was a faithful servant in God’s household. He told ⌞the people⌟ what God would say in the future. 6But Christ is a faithful son in charge of God’s household. We are his household if we continue to have courage and to be proud of the confidence we have.
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πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος, ὁ δὲ πάντα κατασκευάσας θεός.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hebrews 3:4
- Hebrews 3:3Jesus deserves more praise than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house is praised more than the house.
- Hebrews 1:2In these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. God made his Son responsible for everything. His Son is the one through whom God made the universe.
- Esther 2:10Esther did not reveal her nationality or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to.
- Esther 3:9If you approve, have the orders for their destruction be written. For this I will pay 750,000 pounds of silver to your treasurers to be put in your treasury.”
Commentaries on Hebrews 3:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For every house is builded by some man - The literal sense is plain enough: "Every structure plainly implies an, architect, and an end for which it was formed. The architect may be employed by him for whose use the house is intended; but the efficient cause of the erection is that which is here to he regarded." The word house, here, is still taken in a metaphorical sense as above, it signifies family or Church. Now the general meaning of the words, taken…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For every house is builded by some man - The words in this verse are plain, and the sentiment in it clear. The only difficulty is in seeing the connection, and in understanding how it is intended to bear on what precedes, or on what follows. It is clear that every house must have a builder, and equally clear that God is the Creator of all things. But what is the meaning of this passage in this connection? What is its bearing on the argument? If the verse…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Jesus deserves more glory for two reasons: A person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself. The Messiah is the one who builds God’s house (see 2 Samuel 7:13). This implies that Moses is part of the house (God’s people) that God has built. While Moses was a servant in God’s house, Christ, as the Son, is the heir in charge of God’s entire house. Sons have a higher status than household servants.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Someone must be the establisher of every house; Moses was not the establisher of the house, but a portion of it (but He who established all things, and therefore the spiritual house in question, is God). Christ, as being instrumentally the Establisher of all things, must be the Establisher of the house, and so greater than Moses.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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