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Hebrews 4:7
7So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
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 in the other passage God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.” 6So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.” 8Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come. 9So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.
Read all of Hebrews 4Hebrews 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 3:7That is why the Holy Spirit says, “Today when you hear his voice,
- 2 Samuel 23:1These are the last words of David: “David, the son of Jesse, speaks— David, the man who was raised up so high, David, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, David, the sweet psalmist of Israel.
- Matthew 22:43Jesus responded, “Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Spirit, call the Messiah ‘my Lord’? For David said,
- Mark 12:36For David himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.’
- Luke 20:42For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand
- Acts 2:29“Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.
- Acts 28:25And after they had argued back and forth among themselves, they left with this final word from Paul: “The Holy Spirit was right when he said to your ancestors through Isaiah the prophet,
- Psalms 95:7for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!
- 1 Kings 6:1It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the Lord. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.
- Acts 13:20All this took about 450 years. “After that, God gave them judges to rule 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
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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
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