Hebrews 4:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Hebrews 4:4

2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them,¹ not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
^a“So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: ^a“And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

5 and again in this place: ^a“They shall not enter My rest.”

6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,

7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said:
^a“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.”

8 For if¹ Joshua had ^agiven them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.

9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

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11 ^aLet us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

12 For the word of God is ^aliving and powerful, and ^bsharper than any ^ctwo-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is ^da discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

13 ^aAnd there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are ^bnaked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Verse Comparison: Hebrews 4:4

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American Standard Version
For he hath said somewhere of the seventh `day' on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;

Amplified® Bible
For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.

Contemporary English Version
In fact, somewhere the Scriptures say that by the seventh day, God had finished his work, and so he rested.

Darby English Version
For he has said somewhere of the seventh [day] thus, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works:

Good News Bible
For somewhere in the Scriptures this is said about the seventh day: "God rested on the seventh day from all his work."

International Standard Version
For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day as follows: "On the seventh day God rested from all his works,"

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh {day:} "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS;"

New International Version
For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his work."

New King James Version
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”;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS";

Young's Literal Translation
for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh `day' thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

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