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Hebrews 4:1-11

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary¹ that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it. 4:2 For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in² with those who heard it in faith.³ 4:3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’”⁴ And yet God’s works⁵ were accomplished from the foundation of the world. 4:4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”⁶ 4:5 but to repeat the text cited earlier:⁷ “They will never enter my rest!” 4:6 Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. 4:7 So God⁸ again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David⁹ after so long a time, as in the words quoted before,¹⁰ “O, that today you would listen as he speaks!¹¹ Do not harden your hearts.” 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God¹² would not have spoken afterward about another day. 4:9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 4:10 For the one who enters God’s¹³ rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. 4:11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

¹tn Grk “let us fear.”

²tn Or “they were not united.”

³tc A few mss (א and a few versional witnesses) have the nominative singular participle συγκεκερασμένος (sunkekerasmeno", “since it [the message] was not combined with faith by those who heard it”), a reading that refers back to the ὁ λόγος (Jo logo", “the message”). There are a few other variants here (e.g., συγκεκεραμμένοι [sunkekerammenoi] in 104, συγκεκεραμένους [sunkekeramenou"] in 1881 Ï), but the accusative plural participle συγκεκερασμένους (sunkekerasmenou"), found in Ì^13vid,46 A B C D* Ψ 0243 0278 33 81 1739 2464 pc, has by far the best external credentials. This participle agrees with the previous ἐκείνους (ekeinou", “those”), a more difficult construction grammatically than the nominative singular. Thus, both on external and internal grounds, συγκεκερασμένους is preferred.

⁴sn A quotation from Ps 95:11.

⁵tn Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶sn A quotation from Gen 2:2.

⁷tn Grk “and in this again.”

⁸tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹sn Ps 95 does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. It is possible that the writer of Hebrews is attributing the entire collection of psalms to David (although some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups).

¹⁰tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).

¹¹tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

¹²tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Grk “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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