Hebrews 4:8
6 Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
7 God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
9 There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
10 For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
- KJV
- For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
- WEB
- For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
- ASV
- For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
- DARBY
- For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.
- BLB
- For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken after this about another day.
- ÅB
- For hadde Josva ført dem til hvile, da hadde han ikke deretter talt om en annen dag.
- OTB
- For hvis Josva hadde gitt dem hvile, ville Gud ikke ha nevnt en annen dag senere.
- B1930
- For hadde Josva ført dem til hvile, da hadde han ikke derefter talt om en annen dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 1:15
until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
Read in contextJoshua 22:4
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:9
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read in contextHebrews 11:13–15
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Read in contextJoshua 23:1
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
Read in contextActs 7:45
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
Read in contextPsalms 78:55
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Read in contextPsalms 105:44
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
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