Hebrews 4:7

Hebrews 4:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
• New International Version (NIV)God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)again 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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”

Context of Hebrews 4:7

5but to repeat the text cited earlier: “They will never enter my rest!” 6Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. So God again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts.” 8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day. 9Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

Hebrews 4:7 word by word

πάλιν τινὰ ὁρίζει ἡμέραν· σήμερον, ἐν Δαυὶδ λέγων· μετὰ τοσοῦτον χρόνον, καθὼς προείρηται, σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε, μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• he limitethὁρίζωhorizō · to determineG3724
• a certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• DavidΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, ΔαβίδDabid · DavidG1138
• To dayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
• afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• so longτοσοῦτοςtosoutos · so greatG5118
• a timeχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• it is saidἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• ye will hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• voiceὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• hardenσκληρύνωsklērunō · to hardenG4645
• notμήmē · notG3361
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:7

• Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!
• 2 Samuel 23:1These are the final words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised up as the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, Israel’s beloved singer of songs:
• Matthew 22:43He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,
• Mark 12:36David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’
• Luke 20:42For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand,
• Acts 2:29“Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
• Acts 28:25So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah
• Psalms 95:7For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!
• 1 Kings 6:1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
• Acts 13:20All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

Commentaries on Hebrews 4:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He limiteth a certain day - The term day signifies not only time in general, but also present time, and a particular space. Day here seems to have the same meaning as rest in some other parts of this verse. The day or time of rest relative to the ancient Jews being over and past, and a long time having elapsed between God's displeasure shown to the disobedient Jews in the wilderness and the days of David, and the true rest not having been enjoyed, God in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Again, he limiteth - He designates, or definitely mentions. The word rendered “limiteth” - ̔́ horizei- means to “bound,” to set a boundary - as of a field or farm; and then to determine or fix definitely, to designate, appoint. Here it means, that he specifies particularly, or mentions expressly. A certain day - A particular time; he mentions today particularly. That is, in the time of David, he uses the word “today,” as if time was “then” an offer of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7God again designated a certain day as “Today,”: David wrote Psalm 95 long after the events in the wilderness, so God's rest is not just for that earlier generation. The words from Psalm 95:7–8 urge us not to harden our hearts when we hear God's voice, so we can enter the rest that the people in the wilderness missed. This chance is available today (see Hebrews 3:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Again--Anew the promise recurs. Translate as the Greek order is, "He limited a certain day, 'To-day.'" Here Paul interrupts the quotation by, "In (the Psalm of) David saying after so long a time (after five hundred years' possession of Canaan)," and resumes it by, "as it has been said before (so the Greek oldest manuscript, before, namely, He 3:7, 15), To-day if ye hear His voice," &c. [Alford].Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 4:7

• Faith
• Obduracy (Hardness)
• Procrastination
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Regeneration
• Rest
• Salvation
• Works

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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