Hebrews 3:16

Hebrews 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?
• New Living Translation (NLT)And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt?

Context of Hebrews 3:16

14We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. 15As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.” Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? 17And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness? 18And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?

Hebrews 3:16 word by word

τίνες γὰρ ἀκούσαντες παρεπίκραναν; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντες οἱ ἐξελθόντες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου διὰ Μωϋσέως;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• when they had heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• did provokeπαραπικραίνωparapikrainō · to rebelG3893
• howbeitἀλλάalla · butG235
• notοὐou · noG3756
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• that cameἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:16

• Hebrews 3:9where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did.
• Numbers 14:2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!
• Numbers 26:65For the Lord had told those Israelites they would surely die in the wilderness, and not one of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
• Psalms 78:17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
• Numbers 14:24But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.
• Deuteronomy 1:36except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly.”
• Joshua 14:7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,
• Romans 11:4And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16For some, when they had heard, did provoke - There is a various reading here, which consists merely in the different placing of an accent, and yet gives the whole passage a different turn: - , from , who, if read with the accent on the epsilon, ̀, is the plural indefinite, and signifies some, as in our translation; if read with the accent on the iota, ́, it has an interrogative meaning; and, according to this, the whole clause, ́ ; But who were those…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For some - Some of the Hebrews who came out of Egypt. The truth was that a large proportion of them rebelled against God, and provoked him to indignation. It is somewhat remarkable that though “all” the Hebrews seem to have joined in the provocation - except a very small number - Paul should have used language which would seem to imply that the number which rebelled was comparatively small. Another version, therefore, has been given to this passage by…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. 16-19These verses use a series of quick questions and answers, a common rhetorical method. The three questions follow the ideas in Psalm 95:8–11: The people of Israel rebelled against God, God was angry, and God swore they would never enter his rest. The answers come from other Old Testament passages about the Israelites' rebellion in the wilderness (Numbers 14; Deuteronomy 9; Psalm 106). The author emphasizes the severe consequences of disobeying God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. For some--rather interrogatively, "For WHO was it that, when they had heard (referring to 'if ye will hear,' He 3:15), did provoke (God)?" The "For" implies, Ye need to take heed against unbelief: for, was it not because of unbelief that all our fathers were excluded (Eze 2:3)? "Some," and "not all," would be a faint way of putting his argument, when his object is to show the universality of the evil. Not merely some, but all the Israelites, for the…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:16

• Backsliders
• Procrastination
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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Moses
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Apostle
• Unbelief
• Congregation
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• How

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