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,(A) 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.”[a](B)

For if Joshua had given them rest,(C) God would not have spoken(D) 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,[b](E) just as God did from his.(F) 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.(G)

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Footnotes

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

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. So God[a] again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David[b] after so long a time, as in the words quoted before,[c]Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks![d] Do not harden your hearts.” For if Joshua had given them rest, God[e] would not have spoken afterward about another day. Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 10 For the one who enters God’s[f] rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. 11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Hebrews 4:7 sn Ps 95 in the Hebrew does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. The writer of Hebrews might attribute Psalms as a whole to David, though some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups. Yet the Greek inscription for Ps 95 in the LXX credits the psalm to David, and the author of Hebrews frequently uses the LXX.
  3. Hebrews 4:7 tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).
  4. Hebrews 4:7 tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”
  5. Hebrews 4:8 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Hebrews 4:10 tn Grk “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.