Hebrews 3:19

Hebrews 3:19 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.

Context of Hebrews 3:19

17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Hebrews 3:19 word by word

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

• 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 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• John 3:18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• 1 John 5:10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
• Jude 1:5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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