Hebrews 4:3

1 Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

2 For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

5 And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
KJV
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
WEB
For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
ASV
For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
DARBY
For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from [the] foundation of [the] world.
BLB
For we enter into the rest—those having believed—just as He has said: “As I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter into My rest.’” And yet the works were done from the foundation of the world.
ÅB
For vi går inn til hvilen, vi som er kommet til troen, slik som han har sagt: Så jeg svor i min vrede: Sannelig, de skal ikke komme inn til min hvile - enda gjerningene var fullført fra verdens grunnvoll ble lagt.
OTB
For vi som har trodd, går inn til den hvilen, slik som Han har sagt,
"Som jeg sverget i min vrede,
'De skal visselig ikke komme inn til min hvile,'"
selv om Hans gjerninger har vært fullført siden verdens grunnleggelse.
B1930
For vi går inn til hvilen, vi som er kommet til troen, således som han har sagt: Så jeg svor i min vrede: Sannelig, de skal ikke komme inn til min hvile - enda gjerningene var fullført fra verdens grunnvoll blev lagt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 95:11

    So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

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  • Matthew 11:28–29

    Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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  • 1 Peter 1:20

    He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

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  • Ephesians 1:4

    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

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  • Genesis 1:31

    And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

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  • Hebrews 9:26

    Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

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  • Hebrews 3:11

    So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

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  • Jeremiah 6:16

    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

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