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”; and again in this place: (B)“They shall not enter My rest.”

Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said:

(C)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.”

For if [a]Joshua had (D)given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 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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  1. Hebrews 4:8 Gr. Jesus, same as Heb. Joshua

For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”[a](A) And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”(B)

Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience,(C) God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts.”[b](D)

For if Joshua had given them rest,(E) God would not have spoken(F) later about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[c](G) just as God did from his.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:4 Gen. 2:2
  2. Hebrews 4:7 Psalm 95:7,8
  3. Hebrews 4:10 Or labor