New King James Version
Psalms 95:11
11So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Psalms 95:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
- New International Version (NIV)So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest."
- New Living Translation (NLT)So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”
Context of Psalms 95:11
9When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work. 10For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.’ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Read all of Psalms 95Psalms 95:11 word by word
אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי בְאַפִּ֑י אִם־יְ֝בֹא֗וּן אֶל־מְנוּחָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 95:11
- Numbers 14:23they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.
- Deuteronomy 1:34“And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and took an oath, saying,
- Hebrews 3:11So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
- Hebrews 4:3For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
- Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
- Jeremiah 6:16Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
- Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- Hosea 4:4“Now let no man contend, or rebuke another; For your people are like those who contend with the priest.
- Revelation 14:13Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
Commentaries on Psalms 95:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Unto whom I sware in my wrath - See the notes at Hebrews 3:11. That they should not enter into my rest - Margin, as in Hebrew, “If they enter into my rest.” The “rest” here referred to was the land of Canaan. They were not permitted to enter there as a place of “rest” after their long and weary wanderings, but died in the wilderness. The meaning is not that none of them were saved (for we must hope that very many of them were brought to the heavenly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The generation of Israel that wandered in the wilderness for 40 years did not enter the place of rest that Israel enjoyed after conquering the land (1 Kings 8:56; see Deuteronomy 12:9). The Lord promised them the land and gave it to them (Isaiah 28:12), but they did not obey him (Isaiah 28:1). This warning reminds every generation of the need to obey with faith. The rest that God provides includes peace, provision, and protection (Psalm 132:14–18). The…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint (Nu 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Ex 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psa 78:18, 41).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 95
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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