Hebrews 4:4

Hebrews 4:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
• New International Version (NIV)For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

Context of Hebrews 4:4

2For we also have had Good News proclaimed to us, just as they did. But the word they heard did not help them, because they were not unified with those who listened in faith. 3For we who have trusted are entering into that rest. It is just as God has said, “So in My wrath I swore, ‘They shall never enter My rest,’” even though His works were finished since the foundation of the world. For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works,” 5and again in this passage: “They shall never enter My rest.” 6So then it remains for some to enter into it; yet those who formerly had Good News proclaimed to them did not enter because of disobedience.

Hebrews 4:4 word by word

εἴρηκεν γάρ που περὶ τῆς ἑβδόμης οὕτως· καὶ κατέπαυσεν ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• he spakeἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• in a certain placeπούpou · somewhereG4225
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• the seventhἕβδομοςhebdomos · seventhG1442
• on this wiseοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• did restκαταπαύωkatapauō · to keep fromG2664
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• theἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• worksἔργονergon · workG2041

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:4

• Hebrews 2:6But somewhere someone has testified, saying, “What is man, that You are mindful of him, or the son of man, that You care for him?
• Genesis 2:1So the heavens and the earth were completed along with their entire array.
• Exodus 20:11For in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Thus Adonai blessed Yom Shabbat, and made it holy.
• Exodus 31:17It is a sign between Me and Bnei-Yisrael forever, for in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested.’”

Commentaries on Hebrews 4:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For he spake in a certain place - This certain place or somewhere, , is probably Genesis 2:2; and refers to the completion of the work of creation, and the setting apart the seventh day as a day of rest for man, and a type of everlasting felicity. See the notes on Genesis 2:1, etc., and See here Hebrews 2:6; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For he spake - Genesis 2:2. “And God did rest.” “At the close of the work of creation he rested. The work was done. “That” was the rest of God. He was happy in the contemplation of his own works; and he instituted that day to be observed as a memorial of “his” resting from his works, and as a “type” of the eternal rest which remained for man.” The idea is this, that the notion of “rest” of some kind runs through all dispensations. It was seen in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4This verse quotes Genesis 2:2 to show that God created rest when he rested after creation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. he spake--God (Ge 2:2). God did rest the seventh day--a rest not ending with the seventh day, but beginning then and still continuing, into which believers shall hereafter enter. God's rest is not a rest necessitated by fatigue, nor consisting in idleness, but is that upholding and governing of which creation was the beginning [Alford]. Hence Moses records the end of each of the first six days, but not of the seventh. from all his works--Hebrew, Ge…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 4:4

• Anthropomorphisms
• Faith
• Procrastination
• Quotations and Allusions
• Regeneration
• Rest
• Sabbath
• 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