Hebrews 3:5
3 For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
4 And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
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Compare
- BSB
- Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
- KJV
- And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
- WEB
- Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
- ASV
- And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;
- DARBY
- And Moses indeed [was] faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;
- BLB
- And indeed Moses [was] faithful as an attendant in all His house, for a testimony of the things going to be spoken,
- ÅB
- og Moses var vel tro i hele hans hus som tjener til å vitne om det som skulle tales,
- OTB
- Moses var trofast som en tjener i hele Guds hus, og vitnet om det som skulle bli talt senere.
- B1930
- og Moses var vel tro i hele hans hus som tjener til å vidne om det som skulde tales,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 12:7
But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
Read in contextHebrews 3:2
He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
Read in contextExodus 14:31
When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
Read in contextPsalms 105:26
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
Read in contextActs 28:23
So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:15–19
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
Read in contextJoshua 1:2
“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:5
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
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