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Hebrews 4:8
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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.  
Verse Comparison: Hebrews 4:8

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American Standard Version
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

Amplified® Bible
[This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, He [God] would not speak afterward about another day.

Contemporary English Version
If Joshua had really given the people rest, there would not be any need for God to talk about another day of rest.

Darby English Version
For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.

Good News Bible
If Joshua had given the people the rest that God had promised, God would not have spoken later about another day.

International Standard Version
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken later about another day.

King James Version
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

New American Standard Bible
For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.

New International Version
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

New King James Version
For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.

Young's Literal Translation
for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;


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